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I would appreciate for my body to be cast into space, to float in the void for a period of time that would certainly outlast the rest of humanity... who knows, perhaps some advanced alien civilization would come across my corpse and be able to bring me back to life.
Originally posted by Boshko
feed our corpses to our bushy-tailed friends?
Im sry, Ive been trying hard to hold back, but bunny rabbits can sooo kick the ass out of squirrels. Its the truth and we all know it. So, when the world ends, and rabbits and squirrels are fighting over our corpses, the rabbits will win!
well...they're either creamted or not..we gather and just remember the person in life..and come to terms with the fact that they are no more...
"Speaking on the subject of conformity: This rotting concept of the unfathomable nostril mystifies the fuming crotch of my being!!! Stop with the mooing you damned chihuahua!!! Ganglia!! Rats eat babies!" ~ happy noodle boy
When my time arrives, I would appreciate it if any usable organs could be taken and given to others so that they may lead fuller, responsible lives. Then cremate what's left and scatter some over the land, some over the water, some in the air and (if possible) the rest into Earth orbit.
It's a symbolic thing.
Gatekeeper
"I may not agree with what you have to say, but I'll die defending your right to say it." — Voltaire
"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart." — Confucius
I actually run a small local authority cemetery in the UK. It is divided into sections for Roman Catholics, Church of England (officially consecrated ground) and non- conformist (everyone else). We occasionally have atheist/agnostic funerals and more unusual ones such as humanists. Most of the time it is a fairly straightforward funeral without a minister or the more religious ceremonial
Funerals and memorial headstones can be expensive so cremation is popular. We only allow one casket in a grave but can also put 4 or 5 cremation urns in as well, over time, so the family only have to purchase one space.
Records can be quite interesting, some of the records in my office go back to the 1870's and I do get asked to trace family members that far back.
On a more gruesome note, after a few years in the ground there isn't all that much left of a burial but cremation ashes are sealed in plastic and just sit there, probably for centuries into the future.
I wanna go into space, but my wife would insist on something traditional i think.
Does anyone remember the rather tasteless(but very funny) Monty Python sketch about the disposal of bodies
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
Douglas Adams (Influential author)
Like most atheists, I don't really care. Most of us seem to have predominantly religious relatives who insist on giving us religious funerals.
Tempers might rise if the priest uses the funeral as an opportunity to preach about God rather than simply paying his respects to the dead. A certain amount of this is bound to happen, but if it becomes excessive: well, I'd like to think that one of my friends would step forward and punch the priest on the nose.
This actually happened recently. The priest stated that the dead person was going to Hell, and was immediately assaulted by the mourners.
Im sry, Ive been trying hard to hold back, but bunny rabbits can sooo kick the ass out of squirrels. Its the truth and we all know it. So, when the world ends, and rabbits and squirrels are fighting over our corpses, the rabbits will win!
Vile lies! Rabbits cannot even climb trees! They will be descended on from above by sharp pointy teeth!
Personally I'd like to have a giant pyramid built to me by slave labour and then be mummified and sealed inside with my loved ones when my time is up.
Of course, if my loved ones' time isn't up, they might object. But my funeral is supposed to be about me, right? Selfish loved ones.
Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
-Richard Dawkins
Vile lies! Rabbits cannot even climb trees! They will be descended on from above by sharp pointy teeth!
ah ha! That is just what the rabbits want them to do. Once the squirrels hit the ground, they will be dragged beneath the surface into the vast and extensive rabbit catacombs and tunnel networks, never to be seen again!
I saw on a show on extreme funurals that you can have your ashes mixed in with the concrete for stuctures for coral to grow on. I would like that, being able to spend eternity in one of the most beutiful places on earth. (I'm an atheist, though I do belive in an afterlife.)
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