Whost else thinks cremation should be banned?

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Nope. My Grandfather is the only one in my whole family that doesn't want to be cremated. Also, I would love to see it.

It should NOT be banned. I actually prefer cremation over traditional burial. First of all, I'm terrified of open caskets and to this day, I will never attend a funeral that has one. Also, the thought of a body decomposing underground in a coffin disgusts me. I've also heard cremation is better for the environment, plus there are more options as to what to do with the remains. My uncle passed away from cancer a few weeks ago and we scattered his ashes out to sea. I also believe in reincarnation and since the ashes are brought back to Earth, that person has the chance to be reincarnated into something. I think thats why when Hindus die, they are cremated...they believe strongly in reincarnation.

So even though I don't like to think about the thought of dying, I've chosen cremation over burial. But half my family is Jewish and traditionally, cremation is forbidden in that religion so I don't know how they would feel over my decision. I'm not religious at all anyway. And there are more and more Jews being cremated today...Amy Winehouse is an example.

Sorry for my rant, but I don't think cremation is evil at all...I don't know why some think that!

I find cremation very violent in some way because they simply just BURN you, i don't like that idea. Tho i don't like being burried either because i'm afraid of being burried alive, any other ways of getting rid of my body? sigh, i wanna live forever.
i might freeze myself to be brought back to life after they discovered an anti aging pill.(i'll probably let that be created in my own lifetime)

Why is this in the General Autism Dicussion?

Well while I might joke that I want a zirconium coffin with a bronze second coffin on top (that way aliens might be able to find me in 10 million years time and think I was king of the whole earth), I think that cremation may well be the best way to deal with my mortal remains. When I am dead I think that I would like to be cremated and then the ashes placed in a place which has special meaning to me.

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No way...I want to be cremated. I'm scared of being buried alive and the decomposition process is GROSS beyond belief. Anyone who has ever seen/smelled a decomposing body knows that. Shoot, burn my body any day once my brain is gone!

~Kate

Personally I want to be buried after my death....BUT...I respect those like Hindus,Sihks, some atheists and those who just really fear burial who want to be cremated. What I do think is that noone should be cremated who in life wanted burial after death, and vice versa, noone who wanted a pyre should be buried.

I think body liquefaction ....is the better technique than cremation ..........

The dead should be composted to return their nutrients to the world. Cremation and overly efficient caskets are unneccesarily wasteful.

And anyway, if you're Christian, isn't "you are dust, and to dust you will return" positively biblical? Why cheat God by clinging onto a body that is no longer a vessel for your soul? I'm sure Satan laughs with glee at such egotistical futility. Isn't pride one of the seven deadly sins?

I think I would like to just be chucked in a ditch and filled over, that way I could be of some use, not get burnt (that freaks me a bit) and not get withery and gnarly like if I was in a coffin. Pretty soon I would be a fine looking skeleton.
I think this is the most natural and normal thing and I hope I'm allowed to be buried this way.

Why is this in the General Autism Dicussion? Shouldn't it be in the random dicussion or the political debate fourms?