Burial or Cremation? (mystic, virtual, funeral, coffin, catholic)

[w00t]

I want to be cremated. My husband says he will put my ashes in an egg-timer/s so I can be useful after death.

In a small country like the UK cremation seems sensible!

[Azakel]

Cremated. Though it doesn't matter really, for some reason I don't want my body decay and rot. That or I want to be mummified.

[Draka]

Cremation. I find the act of embalming a corpse, adorning them in their best attire, and placing them in an overpriced shiny box to be buried underground to rot...well...creepy and disgusting. The thought kind of gives me the willies really.

[MysticSang'ha]

I have given instructions in my last will and testament that state I will donate my organs if others can benefit from them, and then I am to be cremated. My surviving family will then decide what to do with my remains.

That, and for a couple of days surrounding my death, I have requested that The Tibetan Book of the Dead be read aloud by my surviving loved ones.

Of course, then after that's all said and done, I want everyone to celebrate.




Peace,
Mystic

[Francine]

Catholics are supposed to be all about burial, but I want cremation because it will be less of a financial burden on my Significant Other. I will be quite finished with my body when I die. I don't particularly relish the thought of feeding worms. I want my family to scatter my ashes into the crater of Larch Mountain east of Portland, from the crater rim at Sherrard Point.

Larch Mountain - VR Panorama

[w00t]

Is it true that in the US the body is usually on display in an open coffin at the funeral? This very rarely happens, if ever, in the UK.

[Francine]

Originally Posted by w00t

Is it true that in the US the body is usually on display in an open coffin at the funeral? This very rarely happens, if ever, in the UK.

If your son dies in an "accident" at the tollbooth on the turnpike, and you have an undertaker who owes you a favor because you had your caporegime Peter Clemenza send Paulie Gatto and Nick Geraci to beat up the two hoods who dishonored his daughter, then it is possible to have an open casket funeral. Otherwise its better to close it.

[nutshell]

Cremation. Wife is Japanese and she's brought me around.

[fantôme profane]

I want a green funeral. Non toxic embalming, no cremation, just buried in a biodegradable coffin. These are still kind of rare, but by the time I die (a hundred years from now ) they should be rather common.

The idea of my body rotting and being eaten by worms or insects after I am dead doesn’t bother me in the least. Actually it is the idea of being “preserved” kind of creeps me out more. Going back to the earth, becoming part of life again in the form of plants or bugs or worms is actually very appealing to me.

[Seyorni]

Tower of silence.