[kawaii]

thoughts? pings?

[Quix]

THANKS

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[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***1Cr 13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.***

And what about these?
(Christians blamed for burning Rome)
...Therefore, first those were seized who admitted their faith, and then, using the information they provided, a vast multitude not so much for the crime of burning the city, but for hatred of the human race. And perishing they were additionally made into sports: they were killed by dogs by having the hides of beasts attached to them, or they were nailed to crosses or set aflame, and, when the daylight passed away, they were used as nighttime lamps. Nero gave his own gardens for this spectacle and performed a Circus game, in the habit of a charioteer mixing with the plebs or driving about the race-course. -—Tacitus

[cyborg]

Funerals are overrated. Compost my body and plant a tree, hindend up of course so all the folks who never cared before can kiss it.

[Between the Lines]

So what about embalming? Many of the same arguments made here against cremation would carry over to embalming I would think.

[Between the Lines]

Cremation is a practice which is being "sold" as a cost-effective, space-conservative alternative to traditional burial of the body.

For those who have these two concerns, you might want to look into "green cemeteries" instead of cremation.

[getoffmylawn]

This is a little off topic, but it's a question that's been bothering me a little.

In the last 4 1/2 years I've lost both of my parents. To this day, I haven't been back to the cemetery to visit their graves since the funerals, although I pray for their souls on regular basis. I don't believe they are in those boxes that were planted in the ground. I like to believe their souls are in heaven.

Am I being disrespectful by not visiting their graves? Placing flowers or talking through the ground to a decaying body in a box isn't something I personally feel is necessary or even something I want to do, although I completely respect those that find comfort in such rituals.

Are my beliefs I outta line with the teachings of the Church?

[polymuser]

Apply to poor souls that lost their flesh over ages in the ground, too?