Nine Billion Names and Counting ...

Back in the 1950s, the great science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke wrote a classic story about a group of Tibetan monks who believed if they can write down the nine billion names of God then our reason for existence will be fulfilled and the universe will end. To help speed up the process, they have a computer installed, and, well, the story ends with, "overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out."

I was thinking about that story this morning, and then believing God has a sense of humor, scribbled this:

God keeps adding names
to the nine billion monks seek -
His little joke




Pax et bonum