Disposal of your remains?

[Eddi]

Does your religion dictate how your body should be disposed of once you die?

Buried? Cremated? Laid out on the top of a mountain for wild birds to devour?

What exactly does it require you do with your remains? Or rather, what does it require others to do with them, to meet the demands of your religion?

And why does your religion require what it requires?

 

[Eddi]

For me:

No requirements

Whatever I want

I choose cremation

Because I want my remains to be totally destroyed

 

[VoidCat]

Death is to be accepted as it is and not ignored. So however i am disposed of i do not wish to be embalmed. That is ignoring the truth of death slowing the process of decomposition and pollutes the earth.

 

[Viker]

Does your religion dictate how your body should be disposed of once you die?

No. People are allowed to have the type of funeral and internment they desire. Few have gone for a more natural process or even cremation. But there is no requirement or mandate. Part of respecting the dead is respecting the wishes of them while still alive.

 

[ChristineM]

No religion so its down to me...
Take my good bits if there are any and burn the rest.

After that I'll have to abide by french law that does not allow the scattering of dead people in public places...

 

[Viker]

french law that does not allow the scattering of dead people in public places...

And you wonder why we think the French are lame.

 

[ChristineM]

And you wonder why we think the French are lame.

Who wants burnt dead body in their burger?

 

[Viker]

Who wants burnt dead body in their burger?

As long as it comes with French fries.

 

[Secret Chief]

No requirements.

 

[Eddi]

i do not wish to be embalmed. That is ignoring the truth of death slowing the process of decomposition and pollutes the earth.

I don't want to be embalmed either

 

[Vinayaka]

Cremation, as soon as possible after death, no embalming ... unless an autopsy is ordered by a court of law.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Religion says what it says (Cremation), but I want my body to go to dissection room of a medical college.
That is the final annihilation of ego.

 

[Polymath257]

No religion here.

I don't want to be buried in a casket or embalmed. If someone needs my organs, they are welcome to them. If science wants to study my body, I encourage this.

I'd prefer what's left to be put under a tree so whatever nutrients I can provide are returned to the cycle of life. Otherwise, cremation works.

 

[Revoltingest]

Does your religion dictate how your body should be disposed of once you die?

Buried? Cremated? Laid out on the top of a mountain for wild birds to devour?

What exactly does it require you do with your remains? Or rather, what does it require others to do with them, to meet the demands of your religion?

And why does your religion require what it requires?

In Revoltifarianism, the goal is to be useful.
My corpse will be donated for any transplantable organs,
with the rest being available for research (or practical
jokes by med students). Whatever's left will be treated
cheaply as medical waste.
Burial & cremation aren't green. Compost what's left.

 

[Revoltingest]

No religion here.

I don't want to be buried in a casket or embalmed. If someone needs my organs, they are welcome to them. If science wants to study my body, I encourage this.

I'd prefer what's left to be put under a tree so whatever nutrients I can provide are returned to the cycle of life. Otherwise, cremation works.

I had not seen this when I posted.
It's like we share one brain!

 

[Polymath257]

I had not seen this when I posted.
It's like we share one brain!

Which is scary for both of us!

We might actually be able to have a coherent thought between us!

 

[Revoltingest]

We might actually be able to have a coherent thought between us!

One of us would be wrong then.

 

[sun rise]

In CA composting is now going to be legal. That's my vote once I've left the physical body behind.

 

[Eddi]

In CA composting is now going to be legal. That's my vote once I've left the physical body behind.

So how exactly does that work?

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Death is to be accepted as it is and not ignored. So however i am disposed of i do not wish to be embalmed. That is ignoring the truth of death slowing the process of decomposition and pollutes the earth.

I dislike the idea of embalming. It gives me the same off-putting feeling as taxidermy does.