No thanks, I’ll stick with standard Cremation by fire. Both my wife and myself have decided to go The Cremation route. We both believe that the whole business of the funeral industry is a racket. They prey on the sorrow of the families of the deceased and charge absolutely ridiculous prices for a casket which can be upwards of $15,000 which is going to be buried in the ground and then the wake and then the funeral. I mean really who enjoys going to look at a dead body?
They try to tell you that it’s all about closure. They try to tell you that the relatives and friends would like to pay their last respects. While all this can be done without looking at the body without spending upwards of $15,000 for a box without paying for a funeral without standing around listening to people talk about the deceased. Memorial service followed by a get together perhaps at a local restaurant or the home of a relative of the deceased can take care of ALL of the above.
It is all a racket intent on praying on the emotions of the surviving family.
I’m with you. Quick, cheap, and get on with it. I’ve lived my life, don’t hang around here, go out and live yours.
Praying s/b preying.
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“...with standard Cremation by fire.with standard Cremation by fire... I mean really who enjoys going to look at a dead body?...”
In school in the 1970’s we learned about funeral pyres. We were horrified at the thought of desecrating the body like that.
Since the beginning of records, we buried our dead. Reverence was shown to the human body. It did us good to see the body laid out. To touch a corpse’s hand made death real.
I don’t know if it’s because of abortion, but there is growing disrespect for life, let alone respect for the human body.
Now I believe that the Lord will raise the dead. I know our soul is what matters, but I hope to keep my body intact, and be buried.
It’s so quick and easy to cremate a body. Dead and gone. Even have a “pot luck” memorial at the local bar or park.
There isn’t even reverence for the ashes. Cremation isn’t biblical for all you evangelists.