2007-03-13 05:14:10 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I personally choose cremation because I think cemeteries take up valuable space that should be used for other things (like farming) and I think the ability to have the ashes in the house of the bereaved gives more of a "still there" feeling and no body has to trek out to the cemetery to feel like they are connecting with the deceased.
I get no comfort from visiting my Grandmother's head stone. I dislike the idea that any part of Her could be buried under ground and I feel most connected to her when I snuggle up in a blanket she made when I am at home.
Peace!
2007-03-13 05:22:17 · answer #1 · answered by carole 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some reasons include:
It's cheaper than burial and many families can't afford burial.
It allows for more flexibility in getting the family and friends together for a funeral.
It allows a person to be buried or scattered in a place where it wouldn't be allowed if it were an intact body. You can scatter a loved one's remains in his or her favorite spot or a place where you had wonderful memories together rather than in a cemetary.
It allows people to combine their remains and be buried or scattered together. If one person dies his/her ashes can be saved until the other one dies so that they can be together.
It allows people to be buried or scattered with their pets. This is not allowed in either human or pet cemetaries.
Several family members can be buried in one grave plot when they are cremated whereas only one can be buried there if they are buried in a typical coffin.
Many churches are beginning to create memorial gardens or chapels that either have nooks in walls for the placement of an urn, or will allow burial in the grounds. It used to be that people were buried in the church yard, but land is too expensive now.
2007-03-13 12:27:09 · answer #2 · answered by Behaviorist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some people say it's better for the environment versus having embalming fluid leeching into our water supply. Others say it's cheaper than getting embalmed and buried. Also, some people want to be in a certain place after death where they can't be buried (ie ashes spread over the ocean.) So basically, a couple of different reasons. I don't have specific sources but that's just what I've heard over the years from people
2007-03-13 12:19:09 · answer #3 · answered by wdaz 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When a person dies, it is only the body that dies. The soul (the real self) is forced to leave the body. Because that soul has been in that body for many years, he (the soul) is attached to the body and remains hoovering around it for long time. Cremating the body shows the spirit soul that the body no longer exists so he (the soul) may continue his journey in search for a new body within the womb of a female.
2007-03-13 12:22:59 · answer #4 · answered by edcaimo 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm claustrophobic. I'm more afraid of small spaces than I am of fire, so I'd rather be cremated and spread out in the open.
Of course I won't have any knowledge of what's going on then but it makes me feel better now.
2007-03-13 12:19:41 · answer #5 · answered by Kris B 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
* Religious reasons
* Returning to "dust"
* Economy
* Not taking up as much space on Earth
* You can keep someone's ashes in your home, and take them with you when you move. It is more difficult to take a dead body.
* Some people don't like the thought of rotting in a cold, dark box.
* They are done with their body. No need for it any more, and creamation is an efficient way of disposal.
2007-03-13 12:19:45 · answer #6 · answered by Jason 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am chosing cremation because I don't want to waste land being burried, I want my family to save on burial costs, and I want my ashes to be spread over the ocean.
2007-03-13 12:18:59 · answer #7 · answered by Bee Biscuits 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I want my body to go back to the earth. Being stuck in a sealed metal box for eternity just doesn't sound so great. I'd really prefer to leave my body in a field for the animals to eat, but short of that, burn me and scatter the ashes.
2007-03-13 12:20:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
cost most of all...and the fact cremation takes a couple of hours to complete what will take nature years to do.
2007-03-13 12:20:09 · answer #9 · answered by Commander 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The expenses of burial, and I know I won't be there but the idea of being buried just creep me out, the embalming and
all of that nonsense of trying to preserve death beyond death,
it's ridiculous...Up in flames and into the great wide open..
2007-03-13 12:26:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋