When I go I will be cremated and dumped into the mississippi river. I cant stand the idea of being put in a box and buried; it gives me the creeps.
This all came up when I was talking with her about her sons friend being creamated after he died. He was concerned he was not going to make it in. It was ironic. He was kicked out of the hells angels, because he was not good for their immage. Anyway, I digress.
Mike
Originally posted by rapalla7Surely the church doesn't have a stance on cremation?
My nieghbor was telling me that if you are creamated (being christian) you cannot get into heaven, according to the canon of the Church.
Is that right?
Is no bastion of civilisation safe from these bloody freaks?
anyways: cremation is cheaper.
here in Holland you have to rent a plot for 10 years if you want to bury somone and after that said 10 they get dug up and cremated anyways...
A. The practice of burying the body goes back to early Christian times. For centuries cremation was expressly forbidden in the Church because of the belief that the body is the temple of the Holy Sprit, as well as the belief in the resurrection of the body. Cremation was seen as a pagan practice that denied the doctrine of the Resurrection
In 1963, the Vatican lifted the ban on cremation for Catholics. In doing so, the Church allowed cremation in certain circumstances provided the reasons for choosing it did not counter Christian belief.
However, no allowances were made for any prayer or rituals to be used with the cremated remains. This meant all funeral services were to occur in the presence of the body, with cremation taking place afterwards.
On March 21, 1997, this changed. The Vatican granted permission for the cremated remains of a body to be brought into church for the liturgical rites of burial. It is still, however, the Church's preference to have the full compliment of funeral rites take place with the body present and then have cremation afterwards.
Crap I am still screwed!😕
Originally posted by FatElvisafter all....it is "ashes to ashes"
You don't want to go listening to those christians. They only quote the bits in the bible that they want to believe are there and ignore the rest.
*light fuse and retreat*
My brother died almost five years ago. We are taking his ahses to the ocean in a week to scatter them. sigh....:'(
Originally posted by rapalla7I'm not really too bothered about the Church's view, but I was surprised to find that burial is considered better for the environment than cremation.
My nieghbor was telling me that if you are creamated (being christian) you cannot get into heaven, according to the canon of the Church.
Is that right?
