Cremation

[StanS806]

Once we die, we have no further use of this body. What happens to it afterwards is immaterial. What comforts the remaining loved ones should affect that decision.

[Roger]

I've recently decided to be cremated, but long before I decided on that I had told my wife and girls I wanted a closed casket. Ain't no way I wanted to be laid out, looking like a pasty shell of myself while a bunch of people paraded by crying and slobbering all over everything.

This is how my dad felt, and I'm kinda in the same boat. He hated viewings where everyone says "how good" the body looks and it never looks anything remotely like the person did. He did not want people staring at his body after he was gone.

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[Roscoe]

Bingo.

Have a cookout. Drink beer. Watch college football. Tell stories. Have fun.

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That’s exactly what I told my wife I would want.


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[Bucknaked]

I believe remains must be kept at cemetary

Consecrated ground!

[DaveC]

Interesting topic.
I've always wondered about Mathew 27:51-53
The Death of Jesus
…51 At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. 52 The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised. 53 After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.…

I know God is all powerful and could turn a pile of dust back into a Saint on a whim, but that isn't how that reads.

Back to the Cremation-

I picked up somewhere along the way that the amount of ashes a family member receives in an urn or cardoard box is only a portion of what remains after the incineration.

BTW, for those interested I know the Coast Guard (and most likely Navy) will do burials at sea for US citizens on request.

I witnessed one. Ship was brought to all stop out in the Atlantic and began bobbing about, the ships chaplain (or whatever his title) said some fitting words on the aft deck behind the helo pad as we all watched with heads bowed.
When he went to dump the ashes overboard a gust of wind came up and blew a good portion of them all over the deck. The deckies watching scattered like roaches, didn't want to be sweeping up dust and bones.

We also observed a Jamaican burial at sea. Body was wrapped up like a mummy and slid off the side of the Patrol boat we were working with.
I guess Islands lack land mass to bury on the regular, or maybe he just wanted the deep six treatment, I dunno.

[Hooverfb]

I dont think it's a sin. I will say I've thought about this in my own head, even though I'm an organ donor as well. Seems weird that if one day im resurrected, I logically know my body will be dirt one way or another, but feels "wrong" or just strange to have it burned or dropped in the sea. I know it ends up dirt all the same but twists me up a bit for some reason.

[Bro. Bill]

Interesting topic.
I've always wondered about Mathew 27:51-53
The Death of Jesus
…51 At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. 52 The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised. 53 After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.…

I know God is all powerful and could turn a pile of dust back into a Saint on a whim, but that isn't how that reads.

Back to the Cremation-

I picked up somewhere along the way that the amount of ashes a family member receives in an urn or cardoard box is only a portion of what remains after the incineration.

BTW, for those interested I know the Coast Guard (and most likely Navy) will do burials at sea for US citizens on request.

I witnessed one. Ship was brought to all stop out in the Atlantic and began bobbing about, the ships chaplain (or whatever his title) said some fitting words on the aft deck behind the helo pad as we all watched with heads bowed.
When he went to dump the ashes overboard a gust of wind came up and blew a good portion of them all over the deck. The deckies watching scattered like roaches, didn't want to be sweeping up dust and bones.

We also observed a Jamaican burial at sea. Body was wrapped up like a mummy and slid off the side of the Patrol boat we were working with.
I guess Islands lack land mass to bury on the regular, or maybe he just wanted the deep six treatment, I dunno.

I know God is all powerful and could turn a pile of dust back into a Saint on a whim, but that isn't how that reads.
^^^^^^ Exactly.. Great Word!