The concept of a god that hears and answers prayers is unproven and antiquated. Secular Humanists do not accept as true the literal interpretations of the Old or New Testaments, nor other allegedly inspired books such as the Koran. God, ritual, and creed are all rejected. The divinity of Jesus, the missions of the prophets and saints must be rejected. There is no divine purpose being worked out in the universe by god.
Modern science rejects any view that human values arise from the supernatural.
Value does not arise out of a mistaken belief in immortality or reincarnation. Our lives have meaning and value because we can create and develop our futures. Secular Humanists oppose any oppressive influences on the free thinking mind of man by clerical or ecclesiastical authority as well as by political ideologies that attempt to restrain free thought. The universe is self-existing and has not been created. Mankind is a part of nature and has emerged as a result of continuous, natural evolutionary forces.