The Nine Billion Names of God

This a fun short story with a funny ending.  These monks are trying figure out all the names of god using some mathmathical system by using some self thinking machine.  The monks believe that when all names of God have been made, the world will end.  The delivery people think what they are doing is crazy.  Its true that most people would think that something like this is a waste of time or just plain stupid.  In religious terms, God has many names but its not possible for God to have so many names, at least names that are nouns.  Many people may have a problem with this short story.  Religion is not something that is taken lightly in human society.  The light hearted feel of the story may lead the reader to believe that it is a satire of religion, which it probably is but I enjoyed it none the less.  The most enjoyable part is when all the names of God are completed, the most unexpected thing happened....the stars start goin out.....