Poem wirtten by Robert W Service. Recited by YouTuber Urgelt
same here.
“If someone’s body is cremated, there is no way for them to be resurrected to live in heaven.”
Does this mean believers who die in fires, plane crashes etc... are not allowed in heaven? No.
my thoughts exactly
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Sure would be interested to hear from the 8 percent. What do they base this opinion on?
It sure doesn't say much for your belief in an all-powerful God if you believe he's incapable of reconstituting a body destroyed by fire.
It’s the new American response to “cheap” ... :-) ...
I’m in for the roast and toast also, but don’t agree with the scattering of ashes unless there is no surviving family. I believe humans need a place to visit, to remember, grieve and share. My Grandmother, without telling anyone had My Grandfather cremated and his ashes dumped at sea by a high turn over operation. The rest of family have never gotten over the lack of place to visit.
cook and send the ashes to the landfill!
Wasting real estate on dead bodies should be illegal!
Cremation would be fine with me. There is probably a term for where Urn-contained ashes could be stored indefinitely . I don’t think Mortuary is the right term. I would like someplace to go and peacefully contemplate a loved one now deceased. I would prefer not to store the ashes in my home unless I was confident no one would bother the urn. If I had money to purchase a couple of acres, I would not use it to inter coffins, but solely to display and maintain gravestones. It may sound morbid, but I have often thought about it. My mom died in the eastern part of the country, an area I rarely visit. I have often wished I could set up a quasi tribute headstone over here in the west, one I could easily visit a few times a year. If someone owned such a business, they could easily move it to a new location in case they were leasing, and the property became too expensive to stay there.
Creamation is where I’m heading since my first choice...trash bag at curb....seems to be frowned upon.
“But the main reason, as you might expect, is cost. Cremation is cheaper than burial. The average cost of a funeral today is about $6,500, including the typical $2,000-or-more cost of a casket. Add a burial vault, and the average jumps to around $7,700. A cremation, by contrast, typically costs a third of those amounts, or less. In a tough economy like the current one, cost counts – a lot. “
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/cremation-hottest-trend-funeral-industry-f1B8068228
Cremate me, bake my ashes into a cake with icing that says ‘Eat Me’, send to ex wife
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. God is certainly capable of putting one’s mortal remains back together for resurrection.
Aren’t you concerned about the huge carbon footprint you leave behind?
Think of the chiiiiiiiiiiildren.
Put my ashes in either one of these.
A sermon outline (breif) on the subject of cremation.
http://executableoutlines.com/top/cremate.htm
Can a Christian chose cremation? Sure. But is it best?
Nope.
I could end up in a place that is very hot, and I don't want to get a head start.
I want to be cremated.
I want my ashes formed into golf balls and every A-hole who wants to take one last whack at me can fire my remains into Monterey Bay...
I’m even cheaper. Both myself and my late wife are/were anatomical donors. When the university is done with our bodies they are cremated. No cost to us.