in a graveyard? Why can I not be buried... in a wicker basket under a tree in the middle of nowhere?
2007-11-03 10:56:58 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
ROFL... sentinel... you are the first to crack me up all day... thx.
2007-11-03 11:01:57 · update #1
It has to do with contaminating the ground water. All remains (even cremated ones) are required by law to be inserted in a watertight sealed cement vault (either above or below ground) to be keep from contaminating the groundwater.
2007-11-03 10:59:48 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The legal and sanitary ramifications would prevent it. Most states require a concrete vault to prevent soil and ground water contamination from rotting bodies.
Now if you were cremated, your ashes could probably be buried in a wicker container somewhere. Not all states permit scattering or open burial of cremains, though.
Maybe you could be like the guy who wanted to be buried at Wal Mart. That way, he said he knew his wife would visit him!
2007-11-03 11:01:48 · answer #2 · answered by Wolfeblayde 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The laws about sealed caskets are generally to stop the spread of disease foremost, probably from also keeping animals from going after the body. Plus, if the body is embalmed, the embalming fluid contains formaldehyde which is a very dangerous chemical and if the body isn't sealed, it can contaminate the ground around the body.
2007-11-03 11:07:00 · answer #3 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As salaamu 'alaikym, my friend.
Although I can not promise the field and tree, or the wicker basket but, insha'Allah, you could convert to Islam and be buried on the same day you die after having been washed and wrapped in two white linen or cotton sheets.
Ma'a salaam.
2007-11-03 11:17:35 · answer #4 · answered by Big Bill 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The main reason is that rotting human remains will contaminate the water table and spread disease.
But I would also agree that the remains must be identified, so that people know that this body was not part of a crime. I'm sure in many parts of the world that regulations are not as strict as they are in the US or Europe.
2007-11-03 11:09:49 · answer #5 · answered by Citizen Slam of the Chub Guard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably due to state law. Besides who would want to carry your unprepared rotting smelly corpse in a wicker basket to bury it?
2007-11-03 11:00:13 · answer #6 · answered by Mr Answer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most areas have strict guide lines for burials..Even go as far as having the coffin construction and liners etc..I don't know of anywhere you could be buried like that. You have more freedom with cremated ashes.
2007-11-03 10:59:56 · answer #7 · answered by PROBLEM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if this sort of thing was allowed the police would be kept away from solving real crimes since they would be forever digging up and analysing human remains found in unexpected places.
I'll take the burial restriction over unregulated crime any day of the week.
2007-11-03 11:00:04 · answer #8 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe there are now "natural" burial graveyards where you can be allowed to rot and become compost as God meant it to be. I hope to be buried in one of these, and I hope they plant a tree above me who will feed off my flesh.
2007-11-03 11:01:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want to be buried that way I will do it for you. I believe people should have the last say in what is done to their body.
2007-11-03 10:59:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋