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Permalink Reply by Tammi L Coles on March 16, 2011 at 3:40am

Wikipedia: All the eyewitness accounts remarked on the fact that the rogyapas did not perform their task with gravity or ceremony, but rather talked and laughed as during any other type of physical labor.

While dismembering the body for consumption, people. Awesome.

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Permalink Reply by Holly on March 15, 2011 at 7:48pm

That reminds me of the old Jewish Cemetery in Prague, where the graves are literally stacked on top of each other.  There's around 12,000 tombstones there.  Crazy people.

 

Death has never been a big thing for me, In the end I'm not really bothered what happens to my body after I die, as long as it's put to some good use.

I have only one stipulation tho; absolutely no religious involvement.

Ultimately we'll all eventually return to be part of the universe, 'stardust' so to speak.

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Permalink Reply by Gaytor on March 15, 2011 at 8:37pm

I've never understood why some feel the drive to be buried with their families like this. If you believe in Heaven, the location here means nothing. If you are a non-believer, you don't picture an afterlife. So who are... these people?

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Permalink Reply by Tammi L Coles on March 16, 2011 at 3:41am

My family members. :-/

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Permalink Reply by Kraig Kolkowski on March 16, 2011 at 4:16am

I want to be cremated and have my ashes buried in the soil where a tree is planted.  this way I will be "one with the tree" so to speak.  not in a reincarnation way, but in a symbolic way where my descendants/family can come to  visit me, instead of a cement tomb stone.

 

if not a tree, something of that nature.  know what I mean?

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Permalink Reply by Melanie Dawn Molina Wood on March 20, 2011 at 8:06pm

I find it interesting that virtually every person on this thread said they wanted to donate whatever they could. Can you imagine if this was just as common amongst theists? We wouldn't have the horrific organ donor shortages as we do now.

 

Anyway, at death I would also like to donate whatever organs and body parts are still usable. And while donating the rest to science for med school studies is a good thing, I learned after my mother died that it also means being 'preserved' with all of the chemicals, similar to what is done in preparation for burial.

 

Likewise, cremation is harder on the environment than one would think.

 

I am encouraged by the rising popularity of "green" burials, some version of natural decomp, and have expressed a preference for this if available.

 

More than anything, though, I've told my family I do not want them spending a bunch of money disposing of my remains. Whatever is the least expensive method is fine by me.

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Permalink Reply by Michael C. on March 20, 2011 at 8:22pm

I plan on doing the donation to science and then cremation as well, I would like to think I could go to the body farm for forensic analysis. As long as some good can come from it, I'm all for it.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Frazier on March 20, 2011 at 11:10pm

Ever seen weekend at Bernie's?! I'm kidding.8) If I outlive my immediate family, I want to be donated to science, specifically plastinated; honestly for no other reason than "It is very cool" and my jaw slammed to the floor when I first saw it. If not, then I suppose my family can do what allows them to feel the most closure. Hopefully it's to have me plastinated!

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