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Why do some people cremate the dead?

Wouldn't you rather want to have a place in the cemetery, where you could visit the deceased? I know they put the ashes in an urn, but most keep it in their homes, so others might not have access to it, especially if they don't get along with the host family (for whatever reason). Plus you can lose the urn, or it gets stolen, house burns down, etc.

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LucyCan · 26-30, F

It's less work if you have firewood or hard ground. It also expedites commending of a spirit to the sky god.

Dan193 · 31-35, M

@LucyCan commends the spirit to the sky?

LucyCan · 26-30, F

@Dan193 Yeah. People used to have a sky god. God and heaven are still thought in the sky by many people and many still worship the sun, moon, and stars. Both Christianity and Islam have this kind of pagan root.

Dan193 · 31-35, M

@LucyCan I'm not sure about Islam, maybe even catholics have it differently, but to orthodox' that's considered disrespectful to the deceased to not bury them.

LucyCan · 26-30, F

@Dan193 Jesus wasn't buried. At least not for long.

Dan193 · 31-35, M

@LucyCan omg I don't even want to think about it, but he wasn't cremated either x.x