Burial or Cremation?

by Mercury2120 Posted 2007/07/13 01:50:49

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	Undecided	9 votes	24%

Do you care about your remains, after death?

Would you like to be cremated?

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Rome is burning 2007/07/13 02:46:39

Yes

+6
I have no use for my body after I die which is why I am an organ doner. Once science has made use of any of my organs that have not been destroyed by whiskey and cigarettes, I would prefer to be cremated. I don't see the point of spending god only knows how many thousands of dollars on a box thats going to rot in the ground. I want my ashes spread somewhere in Central Park.
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Byzantine_Catholic 2009/07/29 14:31:35

Yes

For eastern catholics burial is the only option.

Cremation was once used to deny the resurrection of the body. The body is to be respected as it has been nourished by the sacraments and is to be buried in consecrated ground

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mcrxkid 2009/07/19 23:17:00

Yes

hell yea im getting cremated. i want 2 be cremated & my ashes put in a water gun & squirted at people. like on malclm in the middle

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Illinois 2009/07/19 00:27:59 (edited)

Yes

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Mazinator 2008/01/07 00:44:33

Undecided

+1
UGH!! HATE talking about my death!! Undecided!

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Nana 2007/11/02 10:27:31

Yes

+1
I have nightmares about being burried alive!xC

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MIZ® ₱д₸Ɽ¡Ö₸ ₩дⱤⱤ¡ÖⱤ † 2007/11/02 07:34:32

Undecided

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I don't know- with so many people being cremated- where's the family plot to go visit? Relatives have to go to someone's house to visit/talk with their deceased loved one(s)?
And how do you spread some ashes and keep some?
Sounds confusing- but I guess I should do more looking in to.

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Foo Master Angie 2007/10/26 16:43:43

Yes

+1
I'm an organ donor, and I want to be cremated. I want my ashes scattered at the Grand Canyon.

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reminder 2007/10/06 02:27:37

No

I do not want to be cremated. Fear of fire for some reason. I have already told my family if they cremate me I will foreve haunt them.

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MissPick 2007/09/12 04:33:55

Yes

+1
Burial is old and outdated. Once a body is dead and any of the organs harvested because of the wishes of the deceased that they want to donate them to science, cremation is a cost efficient and space saving answer to a very overcrowded earth. If burial is something that is so vitally important, why not bury small urns with the ashes of the deceased? Many more areas of land could accomodate more people and we could use areas that would otherwise have been set aside for cemeteries and use them to plant forests and parks for the living to enjoy that would also help our environment. A cemetary with huge burial plots are wasted land that don't benefit anyone.

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Arleen 2007/08/21 23:16:42

Yes

+1
Organ doner Although my plan is to LIVE 'till I rust! 100 plus and see my great great great grandchildren!

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callie 2007/07/17 22:10:44

Yes

+1
we're running out of real estate...so i think personnally it makes more sence to be cremated....

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Valkyries "In God We Trust" 2007/07/17 14:36:24

Yes

+1
cheaper. I rather have my children use my life insurance money

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Patrick 2007/07/14 10:52:58

Yes

+1
I don't want to lie in a pool of water for the rest of time. I live in Fl.

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B 2007/07/13 17:52:47

Yes

+1
Any salvage operations that can be done on the body for the benefit of other suffering humans ... that is what would be important! My real remains would be the real me, which is not the body, so I'd be long gone to care about the rest of the rituals!

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jackrorabbit 2007/07/13 17:05:15

Undecided

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I plan to leave whatever organs can be used, and then to be a cadaver in a lab for study. God doesn't need my body.

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ddpd 2007/07/13 14:52:41

Yes

+1
I want to be buried not burnt... I think where I might be going it's gonna be hot enough not to push the issue.

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20218 2007/07/13 14:06:52

Undecided

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When I'm dead, my body is just an empty husk - so no - don't care about it. Cremate me - bury me - just dump me in a river someplace - all the same to me.

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kitkat 2007/07/13 12:10:17

Undecided

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I thought of being cremated and I told my husband that he then could take me home with him and put me on a shelf. He did not go for that idea. I really don't care either way. I know that I won't be there either way.

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Juli 2007/07/13 03:55:36

Yes

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Yes, I will be cremated as were both my parents. I would like my ashes to be put in the yard and a tree planted on top of them. One of my children will probably live in this house so I will always be here as well.

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Eddie 2007/07/13 03:27:02

Undecided

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i have no control what they'll do to me after i go. i mean i'll leave some orders on what they should do to me but if other family members decide otherwise against my wishes then i'll just get it! and hey...i'd hate to think that zombies can come back and attack people...ooh! i'm scaring myself!!!

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Teedee to Eddie 2007/07/13 11:53:58

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That is why we had will's make out and everything is in the will's.

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robbie's mom 2007/07/13 02:53:28

Yes

+1
No messy burials or burdomesome grave to tend to. Also, the idea of bugs crawling in my eyesockets is a major turnoff.

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Rome is burning 2007/07/13 02:46:39

Yes

+6
I have no use for my body after I die which is why I am an organ doner. Once science has made use of any of my organs that have not been destroyed by whiskey and cigarettes, I would prefer to be cremated. I don't see the point of spending god only knows how many thousands of dollars on a box thats going to rot in the ground. I want my ashes spread somewhere in Central Park.

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Teedee to Rome is... 2007/07/13 02:50:57

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Organ donor also.I really believe strongly in that.

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Rome is... to Teedee 2007/07/13 02:53:57

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Me too. I feel bad for whoevers getting my organs though, they're getting a lemon.

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Scott 2007/07/13 02:43:27

Undecided

+1
I wouldn't really mind either way...that was until I saw how Hunter S Thompson wanted to go: have his body shot out of a cannon.
That just sounded so cool that I am pretty sure I wanted to stay in tact so I can be shot out of something.

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JimBob 2007/07/13 02:26:46

Undecided

+2
I want to be thrown in the ocean or buried without a box. I want my molecules to go back into the chain of existence, not just turn into greenhouse gases or be preserved forever in a box.

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Teedee to JimBob 2007/07/13 02:54:05

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Both my husband's ashes and daughters were scattered in the river...a place call the Rock Pile on the Tn River..It was where we took our kids camping when they were growing up.

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Kasnider to Teedee 2007/07/13 04:03:35

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We tried to "scatter" my dad's ashes in a river he always liked. The forest rangers were nearby (it's totally illegal to dump human ashes in a river) and we were nervous and didn't do a very solemn job of it. Luckily, we all have a good sense of humor, as did old Dad. So, it makes a great story although at the time it was pretty dark-comedy.

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Mercury... to Kasnider 2007/07/13 04:15:09

+2
Is it really?

Don't we, as Americans, deserve a proper burial as we see fit? WOW...there it is again, BIG BROTHER getting into what should be personal matters.

Would the government prefer we bury our loved ones behind the house like a household pet>?

Again, HOW DARE the government say that we cannot put a biodegradable substance into a public river? (As long as it does not pose a health threat, which ashes cannot...any bacterium would be destroyed in the process,)

I'm incensed because I plan to have the same thing done with my ashes.

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JimBob to Mercury... 2007/07/13 21:50:41

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I think you have to get a permit, maybe. I don't blame other people for not wanting to splash around in a river that's got some dead guy's ashes mixed into it. We were bad.

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Teedee to Kasnider 2007/07/13 11:52:11

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Yes it is..but that is where they wanted them scattered..so that is what we did..And this just happen to be on gov't property :))

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ddpd to Teedee 2007/07/13 14:50:42

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Yes but, you are the Government.....It sounds like you have been programed my friend...

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Teedee to ddpd 2007/07/13 22:42:05

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Ohhh shit...I stand corrected...deprogramming now....But ya know what..if anyone had said anything..I'd scattered those ashes and told them to @@@@ @@@...and take my butt to jail if you want.

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Teedee to ddpd 2007/07/13 22:46:40

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Crap...Sorry ddpd..Where are my manners ???..Thank you ddpd :)) for bringing that to my attention.

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ddpd to Teedee 2007/07/13 23:41:13

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Way to go my friend....Way to go.....:)

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GEMINII : queen of hope 2007/07/13 02:26:21

Yes

+1
I PLAN TO BE CREMATED!! AND THEN BE PUT WHERE EVER I CHOOSE TO BE!!

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Teedee to GEMINII... 2007/07/13 02:57:08

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My daughters 2 daughters buried some of her ashes in a vase and placed them in the ground at their other grandma's family plot. They wanted some place where they could go and visit their mom.

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Nick Adams 2007/07/13 02:16:20

Yes

+1
I want my ashes scattered on my favorite Michigan Lake. If legal (:

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Ihr Hase ~ Radix Libertas 2007/07/13 02:16:09

No

+3
I intended on being vacuum sealed in thick plastic, in a lead sealed coffin, inside of a sarcophagus, in a large tomb... but that was before my commitment of will to never die.....

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