Quote by John Green

I imagined the Augustus Waters analysis of that comment: If I am playing basketball in heaven, does that imply a physical location of a heaven containing physical basketballs? Who makes the basketballs in question? Are there less fortunate souls in heaven who work in a celestial basketball factory so that I can play? Or did an omnipotent God create the basketballs out of the vacuum of space? Is this heaven in some kind of unobservable universe where the laws of physics don't apply, and if so, why in the hell would I be playing basketball when I could be flying or reading or looking at beautiful people or something else I actually enjoy? It's almost as if the way you imagine my dead self says more about you than either the person I was or whatever I am now.

I imagined the Augustus Waters analysis of that comment: If

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In this quote, the speaker imagines the character Augustus Waters analyzing a comment about playing basketball in heaven. Augustus questions the logistics and existence of physical basketballs in heaven: who makes them, are there less fortunate souls involved, is there an omnipotent God creating them, or do they originate from a different universe with different physics? He implies that this hypothetical scenario reveals more about the speaker's imagination and desires than providing any insight into his own afterlife existence. The quote highlights the speaker's skepticism and preference for enjoying activities other than basketball in the afterlife.

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