Are graveyards/cremation the ultimate act of selfishness?

Question

We stop our dead bodies from fertilising the land which gave us life. Shouldn't we all be buried (coffinless) in the countryside somewhere?

Answer 1

Nope, it is more sanitary.

I will be cremated and then have my ashes scattered at sea. After all, I did retire from the U.S. Navy and maybe the fish and other sea creatures will have a welcoming party for me.

That is my answer from Washington, D.C.

Answer 2

I think burial is selfish. Maybe that land would have become a super walmart if it hadn't been a cemetary but digging a hole, sticking a hardened corpse in it so people can put flowers beside it for years seems selfish.
Cremation speed up the decaying process and makes whats leftover easier for plants to digest.

Answer 3

Some people do cremation cuz its alot cheaper. God doesnt care. He takes the souls back at the moment of death anyway.

Answer 4

You come up with the strangest ideas - like -
the World is only 6,000 years old when it is closer to six billion year. Have you finished High School?

Answer 5

Some people are beginning to be buried in wicker caskets.

Answer 6

We're all part of the ecosystem, but coffinless burials would present a serious sanitation problem.

Answer 7

cremation is the best way to go. I feel your spirit is more free

Answer 8

Used to be that way, until folks caught on to the fact of diseases that it can, and did, cause.

Answer 9

We should all be buried standing up

Answer 10

that would also return all our impurities and disease into the ground and the ground water. yuck.