Burial or cremation

What would your choice be? Doesnt have to necessarely apply to your body but, if they had left the choice to you, your parents or relatives.

Burial seems to have been a christian tradition as people believed that the dead bodies would be raised up again on judgement day and this seems to have become a pointless endeavour to keep since most people have become more irreligeous as time goes by. Cremation too was originally associated with religious believes of the ancient romans and greeks where the spirit of a person would fly upwards into heaven if the dead person was burned to smoke.

Apart from that i dont see a point in doing the burial as you only lose money by paying rent, although graveyards can be beautiful and a calming place for itself but on the other hand also a waste of possible space for food production or living space for new families, businesses or attractions. Cremation seems much more rational as you can dispose the ashes and dont have to waste money + space.

What do you think?

Burial all the way. I want buried in a nice mausoleum too. Something big, with crying angel statues and such.

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Cremation for me.

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I’ve told my family to do whatever is cheapest. If that means putting me out for bulk trash collection, so be it! LOL!

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I have my burial plot picked out already - No cremation for me.

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Burial. I have paid for my burial plot when the time comes.

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Parcel post.

Pixel.

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Cremation and then this, my family already knows my wish

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I told my sister that I want to be cremated…then they must sprinkle my ashes into the sea.

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My parent’s want cremation…

Now that I’m older… I’m leaning towards that as well.

I like the bio urn… there’s an idea.

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I told the Department of Motor Vehicles they can use me as a crash test dummy when I die.

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Illegal viking funeral. Valhalla awaits.

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My religion only teaches burial is permitted, and I prefer that too - in a white shroud, not a coffin. Very eco friendly and inexpensive.

cremation so does my partner.

Cremation. Ashes thrown in a mountain stream in the Smokies.

I guess I want cremated, so I don’t get buried alive by accident. Then my urn gets put in a gigantic, elaborate mausoleum like @Malvok wanted, where someone has to sacrifice virgins to get the door to open. And the bad joke is, I’m just ashes on the floor, that looks like just dust.

I told my husband to have me cremated, mix the ashes with birdseed and let the birds eat…

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I want my body donated and then the remains cremated and gotten rid of as cheaply as possible. My mom seems to have a problem with this though.

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If it were all up to me, cremated and ashes scattered, and a tree planted in memoriam. But honestly, I’m leaving that up to my loved ones. If there were some comfort to be found in a traditional burial and marker for them, then I think that supercedes any preference I might have.

Burial, I want my bones to be buried under children playing hopscotch or something of the sort.