Comments on: Cremation Issues http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/ The only thing necessary for the persistence of evil is for enough good people to do nothing. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:07:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: George http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-105301 George Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:49:04 +0000 http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/#comment-105301 I think cremations are wrong as they pollute the environment and are we pizza's to be shoved in an oven!? It is more humane and dignified to bury someone. I really cannot believe how cremation is popular in Western Europe, like in the UK, there is so much space!! It is part of the fast processing environment that we live in. I think cremations are wrong as they pollute the environment and are we pizza’s to be shoved in an oven!?
It is more humane and dignified to bury someone.
I really cannot believe how cremation is popular in Western Europe, like in the UK, there is so much space!!
It is part of the fast processing environment that we live in.

]]> By: Imogen http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-18756 Imogen Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:36:31 +0000 http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/#comment-18756 Well, I -for one- am gonna specifically request that I am cremated, when that time comes. And I have already contacted my notary to that effect, so that I can put it in writting next time I'm back home. I just can't stand the idea of slowly decomposing in the ground, being eaten by maggots and then getting exhumed before they are even done :( And I am sure that, despite the fact that the Orthodox Church will refuse to give me its blessing my God <i>will</i>. Well, I -for one- am gonna specifically request that I am cremated, when that time comes. And I have already contacted my notary to that effect, so that I can put it in writting next time I’m back home.

I just can’t stand the idea of slowly decomposing in the ground, being eaten by maggots and then getting exhumed before they are even done :(

And I am sure that, despite the fact that the Orthodox Church will refuse to give me its blessing my God will.

]]> By: Pearl http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-18722 Pearl Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:30:49 +0000 http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/#comment-18722 Freeze-dried. That's a new one to me. For myself I don't have a concern. Got lots of land to dig holes in anyway. Japan has a lot of space constraints so cremation makes sense. Freeze-dried. That’s a new one to me.
For myself I don’t have a concern. Got lots of land to dig holes in anyway. Japan has a lot of space constraints so cremation makes sense.

]]> By: toomanytribbles http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-18485 toomanytribbles Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:38:32 +0000 http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/#comment-18485 i think you're biodegradable in any case. even if you're cremated you 'give back'. the matter that was once us never disappears. carl sagan said we're starstuff. i think this should be a personal choice. any amount of emotional blackmail by family or church, to me, repulsive. i think you’re biodegradable in any case.

even if you’re cremated you ‘give back’. the matter that was once us never disappears.

carl sagan said we’re starstuff.

i think this should be a personal choice. any amount of emotional blackmail by family or church, to me, repulsive.

]]> By: melusina http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-18483 melusina Sat, 03 Mar 2007 17:59:18 +0000 http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/#comment-18483 The Swedish idea sounds wonderful. I want to be cremated, Thanos doesn't want me to be. I don't really want to be dug up after three years, and I don't want to risk being buried alive (better to be burned alive than buried alive!). Yea, I'm weird like that. I asked Thanos if it was his religion that made him not want me cremated. He said no, it was his occupation. We don't "give back" to the earth if we don't decompose. Sounds like bs to me, since we decompose in a box, not in the earth. I don't know where our argument is going to take us. I don't hate the idea of being biodegradable, but only if I am truly biodegradable. I don't want to be in a box for three years and then moved. But my god, build a crematorium already! I have never seen more dragassishness than in Greece. And I'm the queen of dragassishness! The Swedish idea sounds wonderful.

I want to be cremated, Thanos doesn’t want me to be. I don’t really want to be dug up after three years, and I don’t want to risk being buried alive (better to be burned alive than buried alive!). Yea, I’m weird like that.

I asked Thanos if it was his religion that made him not want me cremated. He said no, it was his occupation. We don’t “give back” to the earth if we don’t decompose. Sounds like bs to me, since we decompose in a box, not in the earth.

I don’t know where our argument is going to take us. I don’t hate the idea of being biodegradable, but only if I am truly biodegradable. I don’t want to be in a box for three years and then moved.

But my god, build a crematorium already! I have never seen more dragassishness than in Greece. And I’m the queen of dragassishness!

]]> By: deviousdiva http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-18436 deviousdiva Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:58:35 +0000 http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/#comment-18436 Hi AntigoneSis, Thank you for sharing your story. I am wondering if you would consider guest blogging with a post on suicide and the Orthodox church ? I feel you could write about the issues in a much more personal and insightful way, having experienced it yourself. Contact me by email if you are interested. Thank you again. Hi AntigoneSis, Thank you for sharing your story. I am wondering if you would consider guest blogging with a post on suicide and the Orthodox church ? I feel you could write about the issues in a much more personal and insightful way, having experienced it yourself.

Contact me by email if you are interested. Thank you again.

]]> By: AntigoneSis http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-18421 AntigoneSis Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:49:44 +0000 http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/#comment-18421 If I had to see a loved one's remains exhumed three years after their burial, I just cannot imagine the emotional turmoil it would cause. I would be interested to read your future commentary on the Church's view of suicide. My mother lost her life-long fight with depression and committed suicide 14 years ago. Although we were awaiting the arrival of my brother before proceeding with the burial, we also had to wait to get permission from the higher-ups in the Church to give her her burial. Fortunately, our parish priest handled it with great sensitivity. While I agree that her actions were wrong, I also wish the Church didn't have to make such a big deal about it. It just makes trying to understand and cope with mental illness that much harder for everyone (loved ones and many others who feel the ripple effect of such an action). And the more taboo the topic of mental illness is within the Church community (esp. here in the Diaspora), the less effect counseling efforts by the Church will have. I guess I could write a post on this topic too.. If I had to see a loved one’s remains exhumed three years after their burial, I just cannot imagine the emotional turmoil it would cause.
I would be interested to read your future commentary on the Church’s view of suicide. My mother lost her life-long fight with depression and committed suicide 14 years ago. Although we were awaiting the arrival of my brother before proceeding with the burial, we also had to wait to get permission from the higher-ups in the Church to give her her burial. Fortunately, our parish priest handled it with great sensitivity. While I agree that her actions were wrong, I also wish the Church didn’t have to make such a big deal about it. It just makes trying to understand and cope with mental illness that much harder for everyone (loved ones and many others who feel the ripple effect of such an action). And the more taboo the topic of mental illness is within the Church community (esp. here in the Diaspora), the less effect counseling efforts by the Church will have.
I guess I could write a post on this topic too..

]]> By: toomanytribbles http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-18418 toomanytribbles Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:37:53 +0000 http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/#comment-18418 i'd love to live there NOW. for the time being, i think i'll go to beijing. i’d love to live there NOW.

for the time being, i think i’ll go to beijing.

]]> By: deviousdiva http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-18417 deviousdiva Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:32:57 +0000 http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/#comment-18417 Shall we all retire to Sweden? Shall we all retire to Sweden?

]]> By: zardoz http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-18416 zardoz Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:24:47 +0000 http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/#comment-18416 zardozfreezeddried ,,ill drink to that. zardozfreezeddried ,,ill drink to that.

]]> By: toomanytribbles http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-18394 toomanytribbles Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:06:25 +0000 http://deviousdiva.com/2007/02/27/cremation-issues/#comment-18394 it's inconceivable to me that one would not be able to dispense of his body as he sees fit. hmm... freeze-dried tribbles.. it’s inconceivable to me that one would not be able to dispense of his body as he sees fit.

hmm… freeze-dried tribbles..

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