New Posts For Thread: A Really Hot Topichttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28743339/A_Really_Hot_TopicAre Dead People Our Next Renewable Energy Source?A crematorium in the United Kingdom recently announced that it would use heat from its burners to produce electricity and bring down its energy costs.In Britain, crematoriums are a major source of airThis thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zonehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28743339/A_Really_Hot_Topic?post_id=513781685#513781685This thread was moved from the Hot Topics ZoneTue, 13 Dec 2011 15:47:03 -0600Reading casually the literature that I came across in the undertakers as I helped finalize the arrangements for my late aunt, I learned that it is possible to be converted into a diamond. What a thought! My remains can, in effect, be so processed thttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28743339/A_Really_Hot_Topic?post_id=513460205#513460205Reading casually the literature that I came across in the undertakers as I helped finalize the arrangements for my late aunt, I learned that it is possible to be converted into a diamond. What a thought! My remains can, in effect, be so processed tMon, 05 Dec 2011 15:45:58 -0600But can people legally bury bodies above-ground any longer? Every authority that I have conversed with, and all the books that I have read on U.S. burial laws, assert that it cannot legally be done. The body must either be cremated or buried below grhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28743339/A_Really_Hot_Topic?post_id=513443695#513443695But can people legally bury bodies above-ground any longer? Every authority that I have conversed with, and all the books that I have read on U.S. burial laws, assert that it cannot legally be done. The body must either be cremated or buried below grMon, 05 Dec 2011 07:38:25 -0600Ken--did you know it's been shown that somone who insists on making jokes when others are in he middle of a serious discussion about death has been proved to be very afraid of death?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28743339/A_Really_Hot_Topic?post_id=513437223#513437223Ken--did you know it's been shown that somone who insists on making jokes when others are in he middle of a serious discussion about death has been proved to be very afraid of death?Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:51:36 -0600Good point about organ donation. In Massachusetts we can indicate on our drivers licenses that we are organ donors, which I have done. I should have added that to my admittedly smart ass remarks.Kenhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28743339/A_Really_Hot_Topic?post_id=513436579#513436579Good point about organ donation. In Massachusetts we can indicate on our drivers licenses that we are organ donors, which I have done. I should have added that to my admittedly smart ass remarks.KenMon, 05 Dec 2011 00:35:04 -0600Of course, all this is to be done after organ donation if that's OK with the persons beliefs/desires.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28743339/A_Really_Hot_Topic?post_id=513435337#513435337Of course, all this is to be done after organ donation if that's OK with the persons beliefs/desires.Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:42:02 -0600I really like that idea. Gives your loved ones somewhere nice to come if they want to visit your grave and contributes to the cycle of life. One could even include one of the cardboard caskets now being used over here (Grimmer was cremated in one).Tohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28743339/A_Really_Hot_Topic?post_id=513435241#513435241I really like that idea. Gives your loved ones somewhere nice to come if they want to visit your grave and contributes to the cycle of life. One could even include one of the cardboard caskets now being used over here (Grimmer was cremated in one).ToSun, 04 Dec 2011 22:33:41 -0600Amen amen on the organ donation.And after that if you really want an all natural body disposal get sent out to the desert here and left above ground--dessication in a very few days depending on the season--and providing nourishment for a wide varietyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28743339/A_Really_Hot_Topic?post_id=513435203#513435203Amen amen on the organ donation.And after that if you really want an all natural body disposal get sent out to the desert here and left above ground--dessication in a very few days depending on the season--and providing nourishment for a wide varietySun, 04 Dec 2011 22:30:57 -0600I really like that idea. Gives your loved ones somewhere nice to come if they want to visit your grave and contributes to the cycle of life. One could even include one of the cardboard caskets now being used over here (Grimmer was cremated in one).Tohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28743339/A_Really_Hot_Topic?post_id=513434465#513434465I really like that idea. Gives your loved ones somewhere nice to come if they want to visit your grave and contributes to the cycle of life. One could even include one of the cardboard caskets now being used over here (Grimmer was cremated in one).ToSun, 04 Dec 2011 21:36:55 -0600I really like that idea. Gives your loved ones somewhere nice to come if they want to visit your grave and contributes to the cycle of life. One could even include one of the cardboard caskets now being used over here (Grimmer was cremated in one).Tohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28743339/A_Really_Hot_Topic?post_id=513434299#513434299I really like that idea. Gives your loved ones somewhere nice to come if they want to visit your grave and contributes to the cycle of life. One could even include one of the cardboard caskets now being used over here (Grimmer was cremated in one).ToSun, 04 Dec 2011 21:28:05 -0600