Buried or cremated?
@1creekgirl (44560)
United States
October 29, 2017 7:08pm CST
Maybe this is a good topic near Halloween? I know there must be many different funeral customs for our members since we're a global community.
Here in the southern US, it was pretty much expected for many years that folks would have the traditional funeral service and then be buried in the church cemetery.
Over the last years, more people are choosing to be cremated instead. I have mixed feelings about it.
I hate the thought of being burned. But I also believe it's a shame to pay so much for embalming, a coffin, and a vault to try to preserve a body that is going to decay eventually, no matter how well it's preserved.
I know that if Jesus can raise our dead bodies at the final resurrection, He can do it whether the body was buried or burned.
So, bury, cremate, or???
How do you all feel about it?
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@YrNemo (20254)
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30 Oct 17
@1creekgirl Broke my heart even though I don't know them.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
30 Oct 17
Cremation is becoming much more accepted here now.
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@LadyDuck (502251)
• Italy
30 Oct 17
@1creekgirl Over the lake of Como, that is three miles from home, or even in our garden it's fine for me.
@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
30 Oct 17
That sounds fine. Is there a particular place you want your ashes scattered?
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
30 Oct 17
I like the idea of being cremated and having a tree or rosebush planted in my memory.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
30 Oct 17
@1creekgirl When my mom miscarried the baby she got pregnant with after me, she planted a rosebush in its memory. I always loved that idea.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
30 Oct 17
That's a nice idea, something to remember us by.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
30 Oct 17
Bury. And yes it costs around 6,000. Add the lot cost and th open and close and you are in nearly $10,000
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
30 Oct 17
Until just recently, I never considered cremation. Still not sure.
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@nangayo (2290)
• Nairobi, Kenya
30 Oct 17
I also support cremating. The burial cemeteries in our country have become so congested that people are being buried on top of others. Graves are becoming so many that land is becoming full of graves. We need to have a solution to this and i think cremating is the only solution.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
30 Oct 17
Wow, graves on top of each other! I can see why cremation could be a solution.
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@Daljinder (23193)
• Bangalore, India
30 Oct 17
@nangayo We are having the same problem here. Land shortage for graveyards! With our population close to becoming the largest in the world, it is going to be a grave concern. We will soon be battling on who to give the land to the living or the deceased. It will be an uphill battle but no matter what you do, religious and social sentiments are going to be hurt.
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@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
30 Oct 17
I'll be cremated @1creekgirl . Definitely cheaper and my daughter (who lives 3 states away) can take my ashes home with her. Plus the old saying, "From dust you were created and to dust you shall return."
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
30 Oct 17
I have to agree with the Scriptures. It will be good for your daughter to be able to take your ashes with her.
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@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
31 Oct 17
@1creekgirl I told he that way she could talk to me anytime.
@Daljinder (23193)
• Bangalore, India
30 Oct 17
I will be cremated as of yet. Burial is not even an option.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
30 Oct 17
Is cremation a common practice where you are?
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
30 Oct 17
Hm, it's a good question. To my mind there is just something that doesn't seem "right" about cremation. Not disrespect to those who wish to have it done. On the other hand I don't understand the need to have my body pumped full of chemicals, placed in several containers and placed underground. I mean.... not like I'm going to be enjoying how nice or not nice the casket is. I think... leave my blood in, and put me in a pine box....
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@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
30 Oct 17
I follow my ancestors, decent burial, no BBQ
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
30 Oct 17
That's been the custom here for many generations, too.
