Posted on 03/18/2015 7:30:19 AM PDT by Salvation
Are you certain, because that is hat I would like to have done as well.
Of course being a Hokies fan I am not certain about giving anything to UVA.
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Thanks for the “direct cremation” information.
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Where did you hear such nonsense? Without cadavers how to the doctors learn?
That way I may actually be worth something.
And then I'll make you a singing knight. I'll say "Kneel, Diamond!"
I suppose that is one opinion.
I also have one or two.
You said burning of a body is a Pagan practice, but other practices , such as laying the body in the open to be eaten by birds is still is use today.
Methinks that some of the faithful of most of the worlds religions and sects, would have practices you might also consider Pagan.
I would simply call them different or even unique. The term Pagan, is really a derogatory dating back to the early days of Christianity, usually directed at Moon worshipers, and early Vikings..
As to what is the proper way, I personally prefer cremation, simply for the simplicity of it and the costs. The idea that a box of bones, the oldest of which have turned to dust is right and other practices wrong and a violation of religious doctrine, leaves one to seek out another kind of doctrine, or to ignore it.
I think we are talking past each other. I am interested in doing the organ donation and then having the rest of me go to one of the medical schools.
After reading post #60 I was concerned that instead of educational purposes I would be chopped up and sold on the "Gray market."
A family we are friends with are caretakers at a cemetery. Cremation is a huge headache for them, as people will buy a plot and try to inter four or more cremated remains there (state law is one person per plot). Or they will dump the ashes out by the flower bed or pond. Which makes a situation where they have to be cleaned up, and at times you can see that the ashes have identifiable pieces in them.
Embalming is another issue. It is pretty much mandated by law.
Totally agree and won't authorize that for myself or any relative and have never been to any viewing of a body and hate the whole idea of it. Am a traditional Catholic except on this issue.
To me, the grotesque embalming seems way more disrespectful of God’s Creation than anything you could do with the ashes.
“Embalming is another issue. It is pretty much mandated by law.”
Actually that’s a myth pushed very aggressively by the funeral industry. Most states have no laws requiring embalming. Federal law requires it only when shipping bodies across state lines or between the United States and a foreign country. If you can find a copy (many libraries will have one) I suggest reading The American Way of Death by the late Jessica Mitford. It’s a brutal expose of the funeral industry.
Some friends of ours are caretakers at a cemetery. The majority of cemeteries are for profit corporations (many are owned by a group out of Texas). Prices are going up. They are still a non profit one, but the board has been under pressure to sell out.
The predatory practice of some of the mortuaries is rather horrible.
As for embalming, I do know that in South Dakota it is mandated (with exception for certain explicit religions), and if I remember right Nebraska is too. The definition is much less than what is typically done. The reason is because in some areas, there isn’t enough top soil to bury very deep.
And instead of cremation, how about composting? (no I’m NOT endorsing this.)
the story begins:
Corpses could soon be turned into compost and used as plant food if a radical new plan to offer a new way to bury the dead succeeds.
Called the Urban Death Project, it proposes corpses are placed into a giant tower by families and left to decompose.
After six weeks, their body will have broken down into compost, which is them given to the grieving families as well as spread in national parks
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It is strange considering how many early Christians were burned to death or torn apart and eaten by beasts.
Do they think that these early martyrs would be turned away because of how they died?
This person never heard of mourning jewelry? It used to be quite popular. Yes, even in Roman Catholic countries.
Depends what state. Some states are permitting so-called "green burials." No embalming, no box, just a deep hole and a shroud. Then they plant a tree on top of you. Personally, that's exactly what I want. Anything else is just vanity and waste. Failing that, I want to be cremated and my ashes dumped along a trail somewhere back in the mountains, so that whoever is doing it has to do at least an overnight backpack and have an adventure.
Here in Virginia the body has to be complete with all organs to be donated. What good is a cadaver without its internal organs?
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