Posted on 04/16/2024 6:54:43 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
"There is something in us that wants to return to the Earth," terramation provider Return Home CEO Micah Truman said.
Arizona has become the latest state in the nation to allow terramation, also known as human composting, as an alternative to traditional burial methods and cremation.
House Bill 2081 and Senate Bill 1042, also referred to as the "Grandpa in the Garden Bill," was signed into law by Governor Katie Hobbs on March 29 and gives accredited funeral providers the ability to offer the service. While terramation has grown in popularity over the years, it has faced backlash from many, including religious groups.
The bill, sponsored by Republican Rep. Laurin Hendrix and Sen. TJ Shope, was passed in both chambers with little opposition after being introduced in December of last year.
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I’m waiting for a law that allows Viking funeral pyres before I leave this veil of tears.
I guess no is worried that diseases will get into the ground water?
“Your garden is quite an undertaking.”
“Yes, it’s a family affair, everybody pitches in.”
(eventually)
Just wrap them in a winding sheet and bury them in the cabbage patch. I have read Stalin suggested cabbages be planted over sites of his mass murders as they grow well there.(sarc)
No different than the old Egyptian method of burial.
Rename it “The Woodchipper Act”.
“There is something in us that wants to return to the Earth”
As evidenced by people pissing onto the ground and not in the air.
That’s better than pissing into the wind...
Hushhhh, please. Or the Mighty Ones might get some terrible ideas…
And Amen🙏🏻
However, in a number of countries, graves have to be biodegradable. This goes especially for countries in which open-casket funerals are uncommon.
This would be well in line with the commandment in the Bible, wouldn’t it?
I know it sounds preposterous, but medieval monks and nuns were often interred in their cloisters‘ orchards. It was meant as a sign of humility.
„Earth thou art, and to earth thou shallst return“ saith God to Adam.
Soil-lent Brandon
Direct burials...funeral homes HATE them.
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