Humanists look to scientific enquiry, reason and compassion for the solutions to human problems.
Humanists do not believe in any deity and consider notions of an afterlife and rewards and punishment after death by a supernatural god as meaningless. Humanism is an alternative to organized religion. The movement supports equality between the sexes and promotes a non-violent approach to resolving conflicts. The development of humanism began in ancient Greece when some citizens rejected the idea of a god or gods and proposed that morality was based on human beings. I was not.