Four decades ago, less than 5 percent of American were cremated when they died. Now that figure stands at nearly half. This is how cremation actually works, and what happens to a culture when its attitude about how to memorialize the dead undergoes a rev
Here’s how to do it: Decide if you’ll be buried or cremated Choose a funeral home or crematorium Select a casket or urn Pick a burial plot or place for ashes Plan your service details, including music, readings, or anything else you’d like Consider pre-paying to lock in prices ...
The remaining bone fragments are then put into a processing unit that is basically like a grinder. This unit pulverizes the bone fragments to a fine powder, known as the cremated remains or ashes, which are placed in the crema...
Months earlier, Mother had told me about her somewhat surprising decision to be cremated. Lutherans don’t typically go that route at least not ones from her generation. Two of her best friends had been a minister and his wife, and the three of them apparently had thoroughly discussed this...
It does not matter if one has been embalmed, buried, cremated, or otherwise handled after death. All Jesus said: 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. ... 28 Do no...
However, those who hold to Conditional Immortality know that the lost will not gain immortality on resurrection day, but will be destroyed (cremated) only after suffering for their sins no more and no less than they specifically deserve.
ceremony, and students who have benefitted from the donor often attend, too, as a respectful thank you. In some establishments, all the donated bodies are cremated at the end of the term, to bring closure to the academic year that has passed. Ashes will be returned to your family ...
I strongly urge each one here to make a document in Chinese with very specific instructions on what to do or allowed to do in an emergency, or in case you die if cremated or not, where to bury you, etc. Do not expect Consulate to pay for anything, or issue any letter authorizing ...
"The strangest thing I've tried to snort?" Richards toldNME. "My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated, and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow." The Rolling Stones guitarist added, "My dad wouldn't have cared. He didn't give a shit. It went ...
"The strangest thing I've tried to snort?" Richards toldNME. "My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated, and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow." The Rolling Stones guitarist added, "My dad wouldn't have cared. He didn't give a shit. It went ...