cremation why?

Answer 1

Less mess. Less space taken. Less cost. Less hassle. More places to be thrown (the wind, the sea, Dodgers Stadium, someone's tea ball).

Answer 2

Ask a Viking and the answer would be to allow the spirit to join the gods. Ask me and I'd say because I have no wish to be trapped in a small space even after death. Burial was originally started as a way to keep the wild animals from the body and evolved to ritual burial mounds such as we see in Egypt in the pyramids, the man-made chalk mounds in Great Brittan, and the various earthen sculptures such as the great snake covering miles in America. Cremation was used to purify the body in some cultures and to punish the spirit in others. Now it is an efficient and less expensive method to dispose of the bodies of the millions of people and pets that die each year. In my area the memorial service can be held as a funeral is, with the departed there. Then they are slid into the furnace, either with the mourners there or after the service is over. My service: all the final goodbyes made with the family gone and the piped in music is 'Going My Way' as I slide away.

Answer 3

In addition to all people above:
The tradition to cremate the dead is rather old; the ancient Romans and Greeks did it. I daresay all cultures have passed this stage of cremation. This tradition had substituted a more ancient tradition, i.e. eating cadavers of their dead tribal mates or enemy prisoners (why should ‘food’ be wasted!). By the way the backwash of this very ancient tradition is present nowadays in forms of obituary parties with abundant meals. With first religious notions and division of societies into classes the practice of cannibalism was disapproved and was substituted with burial. To guarantee that your dead would not be eaten by neighbours they started to cremate the cadavers. Now Christianity disapproves cremation because the souls must find their bodies at Dooms-day. That’s it!

Answer 4

Actually it makes more sense to me for all the above reasons people listed.
I don't actually know anyone who plans on being cremated, but my paternal grandparents were. I found it difficult to explain because there was no funeral, and the memorial services, in both cases, were about a month or so after the death. Not difficult to explain, just difficult for people to understand. They thought when I went to the services I should be "over it" already!
Oh well, all people are different. Sorry to go on a tangent.

Answer 5

My Grandfather was cremated, and now rests with his fellow WW2 soldiers in Arlington. It was an honorable thing in his eyes.

Personally, I feel it is selfish to be embalmed, and buried in the ground. Land is a precious commodity, and I plan on doing my part to help with the problem of land being misused.

I agree with all the points from the answers above, and need to go no further..

Answer 6

The problem with cremation is that, more than one body is burned in an oven before it is extinguished and cooled, enough to take out the remains. So how do you know that the ashes you receive, really are those of your relative?

Answer 7

cremation kills germs and dangerous virus that could still be inside the dead body. if the dead body were buried, these germs could polute the ground water and infect healthy, living people.

in some religion, cremation is considered as the way to make human vessel (body) turns back to its origin (ash).

and the third is that it saves space, could be kept home, and could be thrown away at the sea or river.

Answer 8

I want to be cremated because I see no real reason to have to be buried, which is very expensive. Also I want my ashes to be scattered after I die. Maybe in a forest or near a river.

Answer 9

Because it is cheaper?
Are you wanting recipes ? Try adding cream to butter and flour and adding that to the mixture, then the resulting cremation will be more palatable.

Answer 10

even now days it happens that the dead person is not completely dead and they wake up 6 feet under in a coffin. little known fact - Braam Stoker, the author of Dracula, woke up in his coffin. but in those days they had a bell on a string that the victim could yank on. i would hate waking up in a small, airtite box and have to wait to die properly. that would SUCK!!! rather burn baby burn and get it over with. and the whole ashes to ashes story...BS. dust to dust is all it was. God created us from the earth. not from the left overs from his braai.