Burials

Interesting. I have never visited my own father's grave, which is in another city from the one in which I live. On the other hand, my wife and kids visit the grave of my wife's father on occasion.I cannot come up with any reason to find their visits silly. It seems a natural thing for them to share their feelings near grandpa's resting place. If in fact such a thing is silly, one might also consider things like birthdays and anniversary's equally silly as each is only one day in what we hope is a long life or long relationship.I'm perfectly satisfied with being cremated, but if I found the idea horrified the people I left behind, I'd leave the choice in their hands.

What makes a grave silly and an ash scattering place non-silly? Is it the waste of space associated with the former?

Except nobody, including those Christians you allude does any such thing, do they? Buried bodies using modern 'preservation methods', rot away in short order. We don't exactly mummify people before we bury them. Isn't your own plan for your body to become worm and bacteria food? And in what way would a cremated body become dog food?

I would expect that a "psychological feel" is a very personal reaction, as is the idea that claustrophobia might affect a dead person or even a newly resurrected person. It should not be all that difficult to imagine that someone else would not have the same impressions.Now contrast that with the tone of your original post. What worm would attempt to gain sustenance from ashes? Isn't it buried bodies that are worm food?

Actually, they have offered different impressions.As I noted, the last post of yours was a marked improvement over your original post in which you denigrated the opinions of others. Appreciating that burial versus cremation is a personal idea rather than a statement about someone's character is completely accurate. I was not objecting to that issue, I simply and correctly pointed out that your original post, which was completely different. Now you seem to be pulling back for some reason.Example from first post... Totally uncalled for.Many people who are otherwise claustrophobic don't really worry about having those same problems once they are dead. Others do. For example Dr. Adequate simply remarked that we should make sure he was actually dead before sticking him in a hole. But again, that's just a feeling too.About the worms. If worms are actually associated with burial, what sense does this comment about reverence make? How is choosing a method that exposes the body to works show more reverence? What you are doing is simply ignoring the worms.Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

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Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.

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Leave it to a fundy to find fault with others while getting things completely bollixed up. So typical.

silly stuff snipped.I appreciate the detail. I think we can still say that bodies end up as worm food after we bury them and that pretending that they don't is not really a way of showing respect.Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

Perhaps if your opinions were not bolted so tightly to criticism of others, you might find that you get more civil discussion back in return. You did not argue it so much as you announced it.