Why in Thailand is cremation one year after actual death?
441527
It's a very old tradition from times when people traveled by foot and most people were farmers.  News traveled slowly and this gave people time to hear the news, then wait until the crops were in to go visit the dead.  \nIt was also a sign of wealth, as one has to pay the temple to leave someone there.\nThey still wait several days (even months).  Part of it might be that ensures you don't cremate someone who is still alive.
106914
In that one minute, you are supposed to honor the deceased.  Some people sit in quiet reflection, others pray.  It's just a way of honoring and remembering the person who passed.  Similar to ringing church bells at a funeral or lighting candles at a vigil.
252737
I'ed first make sure an organ donation was set up and would be taken care of. Then I'ed make sure my brother would get all my money and stuff and would be taken care of. My funeral would be a party, I would write out little requests of things I didn't have time to do, everything from sky diving to adopting a child, I would ask the people that loved me to pick one and do it, along with something they always wanted to do, then get together a year after I died and share with each other what they did and how it changed them. You're right if we live like we were dying and we take care of the things and people in our life today, not only can we make our life worth living, but our loved ones can help us live on, not only in their memories, but their actions.
801364
It is the day when people celebrate the dead.It is in Mexico.They go to the cemeteryes,they bring flowers and other gifts(like food,drink)and they put it to the graves of the dead or share it with poore people in memory of the lost ones.They also go to churches and take part in religious gatherings.They tend not be sad in this day,but to think that the dead ones found rest and peace,and they're happy for them.This thing happens everywhere in the world in my opinion,in different ways of course.It is a very well celebrated day in my country,in Romania,where people,on the other side morn the dead ones.
836847
A complete cremation is a two-step process. Firstly, the actual exposure of the deceased to several hours of intense heat and flame; after which the remains are mostly ash except for certain bone fragments, then the entire remaining ash and fragment volume is gathered and run through a processor, creating a uniform powder-like texture. \nhttp://www.icfa.org/cremation.htm#Cremation1\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremation
150045
Their bodies are treated just like anyone else.  Depending on their wishes...buried, cremated, frozen...
596578
It really depends on the family. The funeral could happen as soon as the next few days. If family lives farther away, it could be put off for 5-6 days. Funerals usually aren't later than a week after death.
335193
No. It is an individuals choice whether to be embalmed or not. This is at least the case in Australia. You will also find with the Semitic religions there is no embalming as they have their burials the next day. Embalming has less to do with decay as it does with aesthetic presentation of the body to the family. Temperature is more relevant to the initial decaying process of the body. However over time embalming is important if the body is to remain unburied or uncremated for an extended period.
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The fact is that there is no Bible command for or against either burial or cremation. Well in the Bible the pronounced dealing with the dead one was Burial! Increasing numbers of people have been turning to cremation to reduce the cost of burial! So in case you too are concerned!\n\nWhat Is the Scriptural View?\nIn a pronouncement against “the king of Babylon,” the prophet Isaiah said: “You have been thrown away without a burial place for you.” (Isaiah 14:4, 19) Should the scattering of ashes be compared to such a case of humiliation? No, for there is no reference to cremation and the preservation or the scattering of the resulting ashes.\n\nJesus Christ spoke of the earthly resurrection of the dead that will take place during his Millennial Reign when he said: “All those in the memorial tombs will hear [my] voice and come out.” (John 5:28, 29) However, that a specific grave is not necessarily required to resurrect a person is borne out in another prophetic description of the resurrection. Revelation 20:13 states: “The sea gave up those dead in it, and death and Hades gave up those dead in them.” So, what matters is not where or how a person ‘returns to dust.’ Rather, it is whether he is remembered by God and is resurrected. (Job 14:13-15; compare Luke 23:42, 43.) God certainly does not need impressive tombs to help him remember people. Cremation does not prevent a person’s resurrection. And if the scattering of ashes is done with a proper motive and without false religious ceremonies, it would not be incompatible with the Scriptures.\n\nActually, modern cremation is somewhat comparable to the actions of the men of Jabesh-gilead after they rescued the bodies of King Saul and his sons from the Philistines. They took the bodies to “Jabesh and burned them there. Then they took their bones and buried them.” (1 Sam. 31:12, 13) Faithful David did not consider their burning the corpses as shameful. It was part of a respectful disposing of the dead.—2 Sam. 2:4-7.\n\nAdditionally, the Bible plainly shows that it matters not whether a dead body is returned to dust rapidly by fire or gradually by decay. Either way God’s words are true: “For dust you are and to dust you will return.” (Gen. 3:19) It certainly is not as if God needs a mummy in order to resurrect a person. The apostle Paul taught that a person resurrected to heaven will be given a new body, so that he is “changed” from the fleshly body that disintegrated. He showed that ‘God gives to each one a body just as it pleases him.’ (1 Cor. 15:35-49) It will be similar with those resurrected to life on earth in the New Order. God will be able to provide adequate human bodies no matter how their former bodies disintegrated, whether rapidly by fire or slowly by decay.\n\nDefinitely God’s Word does recommend that the body of a dead loved one be dealt with in a dignified, respectful way. But whether a family, for emotional, economic or other reasons, will have a deceased loved one cremated or not is a personal matter.
216042
bereavement is the time of mourning after a loved one dies.
359416
No it isnt there is no way to bring a person back to life as soon as your body dies it starts decomposing things start to decay your body wouldnt last long enough and if it did they still wouldnt be able to use computer chips to bring u back.
1531
Ask the minister. It varies. Some churches do not charge if the person who died was a member.
1086251
Some people say that, some people don't believe it.  \nI have some of my grandmother's ashes, and some of my uncle's, and all me and my family members bring them with us when we go on vacation somewhere great we think they'd like to have gone, so they can come with us, and we sprinkle some of their ashes so a part of them can stay there!  \nWhether you believe that sort of thing is fun and respectful or totally horrible depends on your individual beliefs.  I believe also that ashes kept in an urn are considered interred because they have their final resting place, it's just not in the ground.
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The entire process takes about 3-4 hours.  The crematory retort burns at approximately 1800 degrees.  The body is not reduced to simply ashes as everyone thinks, there are some larger bone fragments leftover that are then pulverized so that it is an even consistency.  Bodies are cremated one at a time and the retort is cleaned after every cremation.
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The cremation process begins with the placement of the casket/container in the cremation chamber where it's subjected to intense heat and flame reaching temperatures between 1,400 and 1,800 degrees fahrenheit. All substances are consumed except bone fragments (calcium compounds) and any non-combustible materials, such as jewelry, dental gold, prosthesies, latches, hinges, etc., that were not removed prior to cremation as the temperature is not sufficient to consume them.\n\nThe actual process of cremation itself normally takes two to three hours. Ashes typically weigh several pounds, and take up a space of approximately 150 to 200 cubic inches.\n\nAfterwards, the ashes are placed in a temporary container unless a permanent one has been selected, and are returned to the family or transported to another specified location. Our firm also assists with the memorial or graveside services, or the scattering service as allowed by state law. If you bury or place the cremated remains in a niche or columbarium, a permanent container is often used. The funeral director can assist the family in scheduling any viewing or ceremonies of remembrance that are to occur before cremation, or any post-cremation memorial services, or scattering ceremonies.
978815
My religion has an idea about what happens after death, but it's a little different from others.\nWhen I die, the components of my body are supposed to go back into nature via the natural processes. I am not supposed to be cremated or embalmed or sealed into an impermeable casket. I am to be buried in dirt in the simplest possible wooden box, so that the earth can re-claim the material that has made up my formerly-living body.\nI will not remain aware of myself as a human. I may experience some molecular "memory" as I am assimilated into various other organisms.\nIf I leave a child behind when I go, my genetic material continues to live. If I leave recorded art or literature, a part of my mind continues to live. If someone loves me while I'm alive and remembers me fodly after I die, then a part of my emotion survives.\nThat's about it. I don't need more than that.
797056
According to the Federal Trade Commission, no state can mandate embalming, therefore there are no state laws anywhere that require embalming of a dead human body, unless there is to be a public visitation or if there isn't refridgeration available until the cremation can take place, only then is embalming required.