Cremation

Trotter, that's interesting to know - thanks. It could just be SC - I don't know. We have lived in two areas of the state, and have seen the same thing at the funerals in each area. And I actually got in trouble from a state trooper when I didn't pull over for a funeral procession. It was shortly after we moved here and I had no idea I was supposed to pull over out of respect. After all, they had the whole left lane - what more did they want? lol :tongue3:

 

Perhaps it depends on the construction of the cremation chamber. My brother is a funeral director in south, and says this is a common misnomer, noting that the heat is generated by a cumbustion source which is introduced into the chamber via convection. In fact, he says that the "ash" isn't really ash (since the soft tissues are vaporized in the process), but is actually the powered remains of the skeletal structures.

Anyhoo, a very interesting conversation so far. Definitely no scriptural ban against it.

Did you know that this is the only time that people are permitted to ignore stoplights legally? How funny is that? It requires a police escort, though.

 

Interesting, isn't it?

 

You're giving me the itch to pick up a season of CSI on the way home today.

 

Well, I've decided. When I pass, I want my wife to take me to the taxidermy, so I can be stuffed and mounted - right next to the fire place.

 

Web, in South Carolina I helped a dear lady with her husband's cremation. She did not have the money to pay for what some here would call a Biblical burial. But, she did have $1500.00 which covered the cost of everything from transport of the body to a very nice urn.

 

A little off topic, but I'll never forget a few years ago when I had to have my 17 year old pooch euthanized. Yes, you heard me right, 17 years old!!

I took him to the vet, and inquired abut getting the ashes back. The said the price for euthanizing, cremating, and getting the remains back in a rosewood box would be $250.00. I immediately replied, "how mich for a tin?". They gave me a price of $75. Guess which option I went for. Yep, the tin. It's still sitting on a bookcase in my library at home.

 

I would favor a Viking funeral...put on a flaming boat and sent out to sea.

 

A body buried in an airtight coffin will quickly turn to a gooey gelatinous state, from what I have read.

 

Interesting, I didn't know that. I wonder if anyone has ever requested the bones back without the grinding?

 

Because I have done genealogy work, I prefer burials because it is easy to "Lose" someone in a family tree without a tombstone.

 

The bottom line:​

Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.​

Strong 6083 aphar {aw-fawr'}

Meaning: 1) dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish 1a) dry or loose earth 1b) debris 1c) mortar 1d) ore ​

HankD​

 

I have told my family to do what ever is the least expensive way to dispose of the body when I am graduated from this earth. If someone feels it is a sin to be cremated then I believe it would be wrong for them but their personal beliefs should not detour someone else of being cremated if that is what they want. After all it is a personal belief and that is all it is.

 

I've been down here from birth and I still pull over for a funeral procession. But as you know we have folks from all over this country as well as around the world, so there are different back grounds on what is done. I don't believe it was ever a law, just what folks would do as on a two lane road to pull over on the shoulder to let a faster car by and on a four lane road, stay out of the left lane unless you are passing another car(this one was a law and might still be but not enforced).