Do You Prefer To Be Buried Or Cremated?

@rosa, so now that you have quoted bible verses that speaks against astrology, then I would really be inclined to not believe in most teachings of the Church then. Astrology would not thrive until now if there was no truth to it. I really am now starting to question the veracity of the Bible now. Astrology is very harmless to be considered wrong. But then again, it was written during the ancient times by men and not the Lord Himself, so who knows right? My Catholic faith does not believe in reincarnation, but it turns out it is very true.

 

Sidney, being a strong bible believer, I do consider the things written in the book to be final. As long as the church is leading according to the scripture I can understand even if I am a bit hesitant to accept. To me, not everything that is harmless is good. There are lots of things , like witchcraft and necromancy that the bible speaks against yet people have proven them to be real and so have accepted them in their lives. Some of these things God would rather us not get into because he loses the glory, plus demonic forces could be involved and others can destroy us because we get so distracted by them.

 

@rosa, Witchcraft and necromancy are definitely evil, but with witchcraft you can choose to just practice white magic. Well I know the Revelations part is true, but I guess the teachings in the bible isn't fit for modern times.

 

I hope we are not getting too religious here but I just want to impart some of the little that I understand from the bible. It is suppose to be the unadulterated, undiluted word of God according to Psalm 119:160. According to 1 Peter 1:23 & 25 the teachings of the bible are certainly for modern times, it doesn't cease, it is forever.

 

@rosa, I would like to think that it is applicable for modern times too, but I dunno... I'm questioning it. I think the Bible also speaks against homosexuality right? Well I know that it's wrong, but as long as it's not in the 10 commandments then I guess it's not a grave sin, if it's considered a sin to love the same sex to begin with.

 

If you are a Christian that believe all that the bible says then the scriptures I mentioned and others should be enough to remove your doubts. There are many other commandments in the bible other than the ten commandments and we should adhere to all. Sin is sin and no matter how it seem small there is still a consequence for it. All the answers we need are in the book, we may not like the answers we get when we search the bible but eventually most of us do accept it.

 

I want to be cremated! To me cremation is much more significant to the loved one(s) that spread your ashes in the Atlantic Ocean, the garden, or in the cement foundation of their new home. Plus, I would hate to leave a large debt for my family to have to cover for a funeral. God forbid we have to start planning our finances based on the death of relatives!

 

Well I'm actually not 100% Catholic, since I doubt what they teach and believe in the things they don't teach, so maybe I can be loosely called as a "believer in God". I think I would have to say a disclaimer when I now say that I'm Catholic, lol.

 

That's a good start Sidney. I am a firm bible believer and not so much into denominations so I always seek the bible for whatever claims I come across whether at church or otherwise. If the bible doesn't confirm it I don't go for it either.

 

@rosa I see, you remind me of my late mom, she was also a staunch Catholic, although I don't think she reads the bible that much or at all, she is much more into Mama Mary and the "blue book" if you've heard of it.

 

Hehe, I remind you of your mom. Glad it's in a good way. I know some things about mother Mary too because throughout my school years I went to Catholic schools, although I am not Catholic. I've never heard of the "blue book", what is it?

 

Here is the explanation to what it is: http://www.mmp-usa.net/publications.html the one we have is the blue one on the top right. I don't really read it though, lol. So if you're not Catholic, then are you Christian?

 

Thanks for sharing about the "blue book" , Sidney. It is said that it is suppose to lead people back to Jesus but I see the bible fulfilling that purpose so if they don't follow the bible I doubt that they will accept the blue book. Yes, I do believe that God is the supreme being so I am a Christian, just not Catholic.

 

Well the bible is antiquated in terms of language, so I think Mama Mary is trying to bring God's word to the masses, so she makes all these apparitions. Are you familiar with the Secret Of Fatima? But then again, if you're Christian, then you don't recognize Mama Mary at all, only Jesus.

 

This is a gory subject, but I will be creamated. I have no money to speak of- do not come from a rich family. My sister died a couple years ago, she was creamated, and the ashes burried in a regular plot. The toombstone has her name on it as well as her husbands who is still alive. I told him, good there is room for me. I want to be at the foot of the grave. Hope he outlives me to carry out my wishes.

 

I think those mausoleums are neat. Some kept up better than others. I like going to cemetaries and walking around looking for people I remember, or just at the neat toombstones. I stopped in Montana at a small cemetary where I knew some relatives and a former lover were buried. He was Indian, as was a couple of his realitives in the plot they were all buried in. There was a metal pipe at the head of the grave, it was about 2 feet tall and 3 foot long, a pipe with legs on both ends to hold it up. There were toys, bells, windchimes hanging from it. It was pretty neat, when the wind blew, they made noise, and called you to where it was.

 

If the Mama Mary you refer to is the mother of Jesus, I don't recall her writing anything, so I need to research more on the origin of the "Blue Book". No, I am not familiar with the Secrets of Fatima, so that too I will have to learn more about. It is not that I don't recognize Mama Mary but since she is really not important to the salvation plan I don't view her as Catholics would.

 

@JudyCap I see, cremation isn't a bad choice, it's more economical in my opinion. You get to preserve the ground too. We all know that bones and hair don't dissolve with time.

@rosa, I know, I also don't think she wrote it, it's more like people who saw her apparitions chronicled her appearances and messages from each appearance and turned it into a book.

 

@ Sidney, do you mean like she appeared to them in a dream or they had a vision. I've never heard it been mentioned by any other denomination within Christianity. Can you say why it's only the Catholic denomination that is embracing this?

 

@rosa, no she appeared in front of them in real life, here's a list of some of her apparitions, the ones with these 3 kids are the most famous ones: http://www.theholyrosary.org/fatimaapparitions

I also don't know why, but I guess when it's part of the teachings in the religion you sincerely believe in you embrace it. Besides, how can Jesus be alive on Earth if he wasn't conceived by a human right? After all, he became human to be able to understand us and to die for our sins.