Why do people cremate their loved ones once they die?

Question

I think this is really gross. Isn't this against many religions? Why would you want to keep a jar containing someone's remain in your house. Gross!

Answer 1

First, I'd rather see a lovely tree than another headstone with a box and a very well preserved body underneath (which is NOT good for the soil) any day. Second, I won't need my body any more. Third, pragmatically, cremation is far less expensive for the family overall.

Both my husband and I plan on being cremated and having something done with our ashes (I understand there's a company that launches them into space now - very cool!)

Answer 2

The same reason people bury them in a casket. It's their personal choice. As far as it being gross, have you seen a corpse that's decomposed for several months? It's all relative, it's just a shell of our former selves. A lot of people release the ashes after cremation, in a river or ocean, etc. I think a really novel idea someone has come up with is mixing them with concrete and using them to form artificial reefs. What a great way to give back!!

Answer 3

Cremation is usually requested. Many people do it to honor their loved ones last wishes. In addition, many people do not keep the remains in their homes. I know someone who wished to be cremated and spread over the mountain behind her house because she didn't want people visiting a grave site but would rather them have their memories of her and their relationship. Her family honored this and seem to be at peace with it. I guess it is just a personal preference.

Answer 4

I believe that being buried under someone else is gross. The thought of me rotting inside some coffin is gross. When I am dead, I want to be cremated and have my ashes scattered. My ashes will not pollute the earth. I am made of ashes and dust. I think it's only natural to return to that state. I want to be one with the earth. And no, I'm not a treehugger.

Answer 5

Well I have it in my will that I will be cremated. One we are running out of suitable earth for forestry and farming. Why fill up good land with dead, chemical filled bodies in vaults that will not degrade for 500 or better yrs (vaults in my state have to have a 500 yr warranty).

I don't plan on hanging around what would probably be my nieces house (since I don't have kids) but having my ashes spread from the top of Cadillac Mt. in Maine.

Answer 6

Drink More..why be cremated to make room for a tree?..get a pine coffin and tell them to plant the tree over you. Eventually you'll be tree food , and maybe even pushing up a few daisies.

I am going to be buried. When people I love die, I like to take them flowers, talk a bit and make sure their graves are well tended.

Answer 7

I want to be cremated, because I feel that it's better for the environment. Instead of burying me in a spot in the ground, plant a tree there.

Also, having someone one your mantle, or just close to you, can provide you with more comfort, as you're still physically close to them, and you don't have quite the same feeling of lose. Perhaps.

Answer 8

Well...sometimes, it's at the request of the deceased.

It's also less expensive to be cremated than a "regular" burial.

I don't know which religion you are referring (it being against).

Know keeping someones ashes is a little weird...They are gone...let them go!

Grace to you and God Bless!

Answer 9

Dunno, because it's better than leaving the body to rot?
In all seriousness, I think it's because:
1) cremation takes fewer resources.
2) It was the deceased's request to be cremated
3) visiting where they spread the ashes is less depressing than visiting a graveyard.

And for your info, you're not required to keep the ashes inyour house. It's common practice to spread them in a place the deceased loved.

Answer 10

Cause people think it is much more gross to be in a coffin underground with bugs all over you. personnaly I think it's way grosser (and creepy) to burn someone and put them in jar so you could keep it in your house.