Many funeral home workers opt for cremation rather than “properly buried”. Even bodies in hermetically sealed coffins turn to goo.
Many funeral home workers opt for cremation rather than “properly buried”. Even bodies in hermetically sealed coffins turn to goo.
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I’ve told this story before. When my father in law died, he had pre-arranged everything. Including his casket. Made things easy for us.
But the funeral home director wanted to upsell. No problem. That’s what they should do. Try and sell a more expensive casket. We just said “No thanks.” But he went on...
“You should really consider this better casket. It has a Lifetime Guarantee!”
I just smiled and said; “WHOSE LIFETIME?? As you see here, Mr. (Redacted) is dead. He HAS no lifetime. Do you mean MY lifetime? Do you think I’m ever gonna wanna find out in say 10-20 years if the casket is still in one piece? That I’m gonna dig him up and check on things?”
My wife was glaring at me at this point. I got in another dig and dropped it.
I believe in putting the fun in funerals.
My Grandfather a WW! vet opted for Cremation rather than the whole extravaganza of a funeral and had his ashes scattered in the Superstition Mountains outside of Phoenix.
Personally I do not get the whole pickling and packaging model today, ashes to ashes, dust to dust is what I read and believe
God does not need the body to resurrect us
After a long time, they do, but not for many years.