Does The Concept of Cremation Freak Anyone Out?

I was at an aquiantance's house and he had his grandparents in jars in the living room...

is the whole coffin and hole in the ground not cool with some people?

Although they were nice urns

thoughts?

I think burials are a waste of space.

I think burials are a waste of space.

Oleg_Huzwog

same here. my bodys a vessel, when i've left it feel free to dispose of it in the most efficient manner.

Burials cost a lot of money and some religions do cremations instead of burials.

Somehow creamation makes a death more permanent to me. There's no chance there's a mistake and the person will wake back up. But space wise they're good. How many bodies can we bury before there's no room left?

Somehow creamation makes a death more permanent to me. There's no chance there's a mistake and the person will wake back up. But space wise they're good. How many bodies can we bury before there's no room left?

binpink

if it makes you feel any better, after the embalming theres no chance they'll wake back up :P

Being buried is actually more scary. To even think you rot, it's disgusting. At least with cremation, you can be portable, your family will carry you everywhere and at least you'll be freed from the container (pot, Tupperware, vase) graciously and in your favourite place, if you left a will or told your relatives about it.

I don't really like the idea of having someone's ashes in one's home. I'de rather remember someone as they were and not have to look at an urn that contains their body. Plus there's always the risk of someone knocking it over.

I have a deep fear of being burned alive while trapped in a box.

However, the thought of being a pile of sand in a jar disturbs me less than having worms eating me while I turn into a pile of smelly apple-sauce.

Burials cost a lot of money and some religions do cremations instead of burials.

CommanderShiro

I think Islam actually forbids cremation and Catholicism only allows it provided that it is not seen as a sign of the Denial of Bodily Resurrection.

I would rather be burried. Yeah, sure you rot but eventually you will become part of new life that will gain strength from your body. You will become part of the cycle of life again. On the other hand, cremation just keeps you in a jar where your remains just sit there doing nothing and what would happen if someone accidently knocks over the jar onto the floor? I don't wan't to inconvinience my family by forcing them to clean me out of their favorite perisan rug...

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Burials cost a lot of money and some religions do cremations instead of burials.

whipassmt

I think Islam actually forbids cremation and Catholicism only allows it provided that it is not seen as a sign of the Denial of Bodily Resurrection.

I think burials are a waste of space.

Oleg_Huzwog

i want to be launched into space.

I'm freaked out about being buried alive and being burned alive too... and drowning...XilePrincess

How do you feel about being locked inside a flaming wooden box aboard a sinking ship?

I think burials are a waste of space.

Oleg_Huzwog

I would rather be burried. Yeah, sure you rot but eventually you will become part of new life that will gain strength from your body. You will become part of the cycle of life again. On the other hand, cremation just keeps you in a jar where your remains just sit there doing nothing and what would happen if someone accidently knocks over the jar onto the floor? I don't wan't to inconvinience my family by forcing them to clean me out of their favorite perisan rug...

Tokugawa77

If I were cremated I'd want to be buried, not kept in somebody's house. I'm freaked out about being buried alive and being burned alive too... and drowning... XilePrincess

I don't have a particular preference. 2 of my grandparents were buried and the other 2 and my stepmother were cremated. It definitely doesn't freak me out. It' s been done for centuries.

How do you feel about being locked inside a flaming wooden box aboard a sinking ship?

Oleg_Huzwog

I feel like I hate you for putting these images into my head >:[ But really, I can swim OK, and if the box burned enough that the wood was weak, the water would put the fire out and I could bust my way out and swim to the surface.

If you volunteer for organ donation you'd avoid all of those.markop2003

"we're scattering the f'n ashes" Walter

No, I want to be cremated so my dead body isn't taking up unnecessary space.

I'm fine with it. Before that one sperm cell managed to get to that egg cell, I was but a tiny wiggly tadpole like cell. What's the difference if you were burned to ashes? :|

The only thing that creeps me out is when somebody keeps an urn of a family member and nevers spreads the ashes, or when I think about the career of being a body burner.

Donating to science.

No, in fact funerals freak me out.

Mainly because a funeral is meant to be a so-called 'sacred ritual' of whatever sort, celebrating the life of one who recently passed. Yet, companies and churches profit off it and those who are buried are nothing more than a name and an experiation date (in most cases). It's even worse when the pastor spends more time rambling on about Jesus and the rapture as opposed to, you know, celebrating the life of a loved one.

I was at an aquiantance's house and he had his grandparents in jars in the living room...

is the whole coffin and hole in the ground not cool with some people?

Although they were nice urns

thoughts?

weezyfb

I think that's creepy that the urns were in the living room, but I want to be cremated. I hate funerals and burials and I'd rather that people not have to go through them for me.