The definition of humanism

I found the following definition of humanism in this web site:
https://humanism.org.uk/humanism/
and I agree to it.


Defining "Humanism"

Roughly speaking, the word humanist has come to mean someone who:
• 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.

However, definitions abound and there are longer and shorter versions.
The fullest definition to have a measure of international agreement is contained in the 2002 Amsterdam Declaration of Humanists International
Some others include:
• a commitment to the perspective, interests and centrality of human persons;
• a belief in reason and autonomy as foundational aspects of human existence;
• a belief that reason, scepticism and the scientific method are the only appropriate instruments for discovering truth and structuring the human community;
• a belief that the foundations for ethics and society are to be found in autonomy and moral equality

above is from the Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

My comment to the above: I do not like the use of the word "belief" and I prefere to use "convinced that" or "thinking that ..." or similar expressions which show that "we think" and use facts to draw our conclusions.