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Cinnamonspice

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20. And also, Hindus don't believe in eating cows.

Tue Jul 13, 2021, 09:40 AM

Jul 2021

Bring a hamburger to a starving Hindu and see if they don't turn it down.

I am a Catholic and I do admit I don't want to become compost. I want the doctors to take every piece of me they can (organs, skin, bones) and make sure there isn't a lot of me left to burn. Then, put me in a bio-degradable box and bury me somewhere.

or

Ship me off into space. I can piggyback ride off of one of those millionaires. If one of them goes to Mars, just drop me off there.

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So you're gonna die. You want your remains composted. Some states say yes. Catholic church says no! [View all] True Dough Jul 2021 OP

Best online comment I saw was this one: True Dough Jul 2021 #1

Not just Canada. GoCubsGo Jul 2021 #12

Exactly what I was thinking. IL Dem Jul 2021 #36

Oh can I take this one? vercetti2021 Jul 2021 #2

When giving ashes on Ash Wednesday, Sanity Claws Jul 2021 #3

With natural decomposition, you get the same effect. With this method, you're just no_hypocrisy Jul 2021 #4

The church must have some funeral-related companies in their portfolio EYESORE 9001 Jul 2021 #5

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the same church that has no problems burying abqtommy Jul 2021 #6

Place my soil somewhere sunny... MiHale Jul 2021 #7

A Good Many People Are 'Uncomfortable At Best', Sir The Magistrate Jul 2021 #8

What of mercury amalgam? /nt bucolic_frolic Jul 2021 #9

Good question. Mariana Jul 2021 #18

I say pluck my teeth out and have at it. Piasladic Jul 2021 #32

I believe it's all left in place bucolic_frolic Jul 2021 #35

Catholic clergy sure do hate the way God created stuff. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #10

Next Ash Wednesday, they need to think a little harder about what they'e saying GoCubsGo Jul 2021 #11

IN REVERENCE FOR MOTHER EARTH lookyhereyou Jul 2021 #13

Me too. lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #17

I told my kids to cremate me and put me on a nice beach but I think Luciferous Jul 2021 #14

I want to be cremated and my son in law to take them out to the waters around Martha's Vineyard CTyankee Jul 2021 #21

Going to Spain... I like it! Luciferous Jul 2021 #34

Who cares what a bunch of child murderers and molesters thinks? roamer65 Jul 2021 #15

It's much more respectful to jam trochars in, drain all the fluids, and pump in chemicals. lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #16

Yep berniesandersmittens Jul 2021 #23

my preference is bury me (no chemicals to preserve) in the ground and plant a tree on top. demigoddess Jul 2021 #25

I'd like that very much myself. lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #26

Aw, shit. Well, we wouldn't want to discomfort anyone. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2021 #19

And also, Hindus don't believe in eating cows. Cinnamonspice Jul 2021 #20

It'd be better if we donated our bodies to feed starving polar bears. Kaleva Jul 2021 #22

Back in the Middle Ages in Europe Retrograde Jul 2021 #24

The European history of royal burial is fascinating Sympthsical Jul 2021 #28

I don't get the difference between that and cremation Sympthsical Jul 2021 #27

A few billion years from now when the earth is incinerated by an expanding sun... hunter Jul 2021 #29

How much are those plots going for? True Dough Jul 2021 #31

How much has he got? hunter Jul 2021 #33

Don't they recycle burial spaces in Germany? LiberalFighter Jul 2021 #30