A humanist recently had to buy an older used car. He took it to his mechanic and friend of 25 years for his evaluation, who said that the car was in good condition. The humanist bought it. Shortly thereafter, the car broke down, and it was taken back to the mechanic. The mechanic apologized and said that he felt very "guilty."

"I don't believe in guilt!" said the humanist. "I believe in The Gospel of OOPS! As in OOPS! I made a mistake and I'd better fix it."

"OOPS! Why OOPS?" asked the mechanic, not believing what he heard.

"Well it's like this," the humanist went on, "Once you believe in guilt, then comes sin, repentance, salvation, judgment day and so on, it just never ends. OOPS! does it all."

"Okay. No sin, no guilt, just OOPS! Right!" said the mechanic as he happily began to fix the car.

--Bob Green