I am a caring, positive human being who believes that religions are created by people and not handed down from some god who is concerned with our fate or has a purpose for us.
I believe religion is used as a means of gaining power (and wealth) by leaders and nations.
I believe that religion has been a source and focus for violence, oppression and intolerance and still is.
I believe people can create clear moral ethics and laws, a purpose for their existence and structure for society without requiring religion.
I took the following from the British Humanist Party. It’s something I agree with:
- trusts to the scientific method when it comes to understanding how the universe works and rejects the idea of the supernatural (and is therefore an atheist or agnostic)
- makes their ethical decisions based on reason, empathy, and a concern for human beings and other sentient animals
- believes that, in the absence of an afterlife and any discernible purpose to the universe, human beings can act to give their own lives meaning by seeking happiness in this life and helping others to do the same.