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Permalink Reply by lloydleroimiller on March 14, 2011 at 9:50pm

I am jumping in here only because I like this topic.  It seems to me that as non-theists, we still have found a way to fantasize on things that we have no control over, and no way to verify our eventual impact on the actual outcome. 

With that in mind, I am an animal lover, I would prefer to be fed to lions or scavenger birds.  If I were to switch living behaviors with a lion or a Vulture, I think an occasional hillbilly that was well fed, would be nice.

Oh yeah, just to defend my position, science has absolutely no desire to be stuck with my organs.

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Permalink Reply by Tammi L Coles on March 16, 2011 at 3:27am

Science might still have a use for you, hillbilly!

 

Otherwise, yeah, I agree -- no use fretting over the one matter we really won't care about if it all doesn't go according to our plans.

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Permalink Reply by Alayna on March 14, 2011 at 10:13pm

Cremation or Green Burial

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Permalink Reply by Scarlette Blues on March 15, 2011 at 4:34pm

This is something that has been in the back of my mind for awhile. After attending my husband's father's funeral last weekend, I decided that defiantly do not want the type of funeral that he had. (The preacher, instead of speaking of his life, tried to make sure everyone in the room was saved- I saved  the congregation some time and did not speak up unfortunately.) I'd rather everyone just party in my honor!

 

Any who, a few years back, I visited the Human Body Exhibit while it was in Charlotte, NC. I was amazed at all the different ways they were able to "display" the human body. I would really like to be a part of that when I die. I've not been able to find a way to make this happen. If any one has any info, it would be greatly appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by Gaytor on March 15, 2011 at 4:39pm

Sorry for the loss of your father-in-law. When my Dad died I performed the ceremony. I couldn't fathom the idea of someone getting up there and speaking about him in a way that didn't fit him. Religion certainly didn't fit him. So I got some laughs, some tears, and to talk about becoming star stuff again since this is but one stop on our journey, we just don't remember the before and after.

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Permalink Reply by Scarlette Blues on March 15, 2011 at 5:49pm

I don't think I would want someone outside of my family (much less a preacher) performing the ceremony when my parents pass. We are the ones that truly know them and are able to speak of them the way they would want to be spoken of.

 

Thank you very much for your comment. It's greatly appreciated. :)

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Permalink Reply by Tammi L Coles on March 16, 2011 at 3:36am

Controversy about the writer Orson Scott Card aside, I thought his book Speaker for the Dead illustrated this concept brilliantly: the person making the speech before a group of mourners should at least know/research who s/he is referencing and speak to all (good and bad) of that person's life.

 

I recently read Mkes' Ways of Dying (fiction, South African novelist). The main character is a professional mourner. This goes in the other direction: someone there to wail, moan, and weep to rouse the intensity of the grieving. Strangely enough, I liked this idea too.

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Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on March 15, 2011 at 5:42pm

Has anyone ever heard of Sky Burial? It is where they allow vultures to consume the body. You can "google.com/images" for some pics, but they are gruesome and NSFW.

 

Here is the Wikipedia link on Sky Burial, but it has a few small images as well that are equally NSFW, or the easily disturbed.

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Permalink Reply by Kris Feenstra on March 15, 2011 at 5:49pm

The first place I ever heard of it was in connection with Zoroastrianism.  'Tower of Silence'.  I always liked the idea.

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Permalink Reply by Scarlette Blues on March 15, 2011 at 5:50pm

It's kind of creepy if you ask me but I would venture to say that most human bodies prior to burial ceremonies were consumed by other animals. It's like going back to our roots.

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Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on March 15, 2011 at 5:55pm

To me, it's like giving back to nature what you took all those years.

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Permalink Reply by Scarlette Blues on March 15, 2011 at 6:10pm

That is an excellent way to look at it and very well put!

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