Welcome to the Humanist Society of Victoria Incorporated (HSV).
Humanism is an optimistic world-view relying on human capabilities only – guided by reason – informed by evidence – driven by compassion.
We work to build a more civilized society, fostering ethics based on human values. We consider that reason, free inquiry and a scientific approach enable us to understand the universe and our place in it. We defend freedom and democracy and provide a positive alternative to religious and dogmatic creeds. We support separation of church and state, and secular education.
Following an interfaith forum, We Are One, in the Supper Room of the Melbourne Town Hall, Saturday 22 October, 2006, the panellists agreed to provided summaries of their own religions or world-views as they understood them. For convenience summaries were invited under three headings as used in a well-known dictionary’s definition of religion with the exception that the item ‘theology’ has been replaced by the more inclusive term ‘world-view’, (click here).
