Cremation or traditional burial with a casket? Which one do you prefer?
By Citychic
@Citychic (4067)
United States
August 4, 2009 3:37pm CST
Hey friends, will you be buried in a casket or have a cremation ceremony when you time has come? Do you care which one that you loved ones will have for you? Have you given it any thought lately? Well I try to think about everything, that is why this subject has come to mind. I would love for my offspring to be able to come to my gravesite and say a few words to me and to talk if they should ever feel the need. There is something about being able to go to a person's grave site and to be able to get things off your chest. But if you are cremated that is it. Once you are gone, you are gone and your ashes will turn into dust. So which do you prefer and also do you have a preference as to how you will be buried and what are your reasons for it. BTW I'm not selling caskets over here,lols. Please share your feelings! Happy mylot!
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12 responses
@apples99 (6556)
• United States
4 Aug 09
I think id prefer a somewhat traditional burial becuse the thought of being cremated doesn't seem too appealing, I know that the soul leaves our body and is gone, when we die, but burning my body into powdery bone kinda creeps me out for some reason, and I dont really like the thought of my bones/ashes being placed in a vase or earn.
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@cobrateacher (8432)
• United States
4 Aug 09
Hi, Citychic!
I don't like the idea of a cemetery. I would much prefer to be cremated. I don't need to take up so much space, and I'd be thrilled if my ashes and my husband's could be combined and sprinkled in the ocean we both love so much!
@joshua7996 (21)
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5 Aug 09
CREMATION. I don't want be confined in a box for the rest of eternity!
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@candy2306 (576)
• India
5 Aug 09
Cremation is what my family practices..and I never thought of burial. Once I saw a live case where they dug over the burial. To verify some proof for the murder case and the body in dicomposed state..wow that's a definite NO burial for me! I prefer to be ash and dust..
@shimanaja (493)
• Indonesia
5 Aug 09
mylotter..
Sorry, in my religion, when we have passed away, will be burried in the land with white cloth or shroad ,in my country called 'kafan'.
Just like that.
@Sophia471009 (2)
• China
5 Aug 09
In China,a lot of people very little land,the national promotion of cremation,but many people don`t agree with such a promotion,in particular older people.They retain their traditional thinking,that rest in peace.However,I would choose cremation,because I think that man is born an invisible,I would like to wind dispersion.
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@fifileigh (3615)
• United States
5 Aug 09
i guess the traditional casket burial is better for me.
cremation just gives me the creeps. i would rather turn to dust naturally underground, and in a box.
@6precious102 (4043)
• United States
6 Aug 09
For me it's six of one, half a dozen of the other. However, if I'm buried, I don't want to be embalmed.
@lagirl1966 (709)
• United States
7 Aug 09
I decided a long time ago I would be cremated. My dad passed away in 2005 and he was cremated. I always thought it was so mormid to have your body lay in a box in the ground with all these bugs and stuff eating away at you. YUK!!! My kitties are also cremated and they will be scattered with mine when I die. I think about it all the time. In fact, my life has not been great so I do think about it alot.
@Sweetchariot (1718)
• United States
5 Aug 09
Whether or not you are cremated or put into a coffin, your body will decay into ashes anyway, it will just take longer in the coffin, and instead it will slowly rot, with bugs, and ants...lol! I don't know which is worse.
However,when I visit a gravesite, it doesn't make a difference to me whether or not the ashes are there, or the body is in a coffin, because in either case, the person is no longer there..it is just a body. The idea of visiting a gravesite, is just to sit there, reminece, and pretend that you are talking to a loved one.
@LiAXaZu (183)
• Philippines
11 Aug 09
i prefer cremation over traditional burial since it costs less and i don't want my family to spend so much money on me after i die. another reason why i like cremation is because people will always remember how you look like the last time they saw you and not how you look like in the casket. in terms of grave visitations, you can always bury the urn in a graveyard/cemetery. that's what's good about cremation, you have a choice as to where to put the ashes. for me, caskets just cost too much and they eat a lot of space.
@buffyb (14)
• South Africa
5 Aug 09
I agree with you completely. However with land becomming more and more scarce, I have thought about being put into a concrete casket and buried at sea. I like the idea that I could become part of a reef, and a habitat for some of the wonderful creatures that live there. Happily, I will be gone, so the logistics of getting me there won't be my headache!
