tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937001.post1915810617086123980..comments2023-10-25T04:52:30.180-06:00Comments on Cicada Song: Life and DeathCicadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14992280321382438701noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937001.post-61659255205319746402008-09-03T09:23:00.000-06:002008-09-03T09:23:00.000-06:00I don't know why I don't check your blog more ofte...I don't know why I don't check your blog more often. I loved this post and I love your personality! You are truly a fascinating person!jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11902699156825629523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937001.post-51453712939082493152008-08-20T13:32:00.000-06:002008-08-20T13:32:00.000-06:00A former LDS friend was asking what the current LD...A former LDS friend was asking what the current LDS teachings were about cremation and other burial practices and in that discussion I found these things:<BR/><BR/>Cremation is a custom in various parts of the world. Do Latter-day Saints practice it?<BR/><BR/>Roger R. Keller, “I Have a Question,” Ensign, Aug. 1991, 62–63<BR/><BR/>and<BR/><BR/>http://37days.typepad.com/37days/<BR/>2006/11/forever_hold_yo.html<BR/><BR/>My non-LDS grandmother wants to be cremated and spread over San Francisco Bay, like her mother, and my dad is hesitant. Like you said, though, we're all going to be resurrected no matter what. If we came out of ashes once, we can come out of ashes again.<BR/><BR/>If you've been watching the Olympics, Misty May-Treanor spread some of her mom's ashes on the court after the gold medal match in Athens, and plans to do the same, if/when, they win in Beijing. I think that's pretty cool.AmandaStretchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09649673692690240933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937001.post-88096128151553067512008-08-17T23:23:00.000-06:002008-08-17T23:23:00.000-06:00I went to a funeral in Europe where the man had be...I went to a funeral in Europe where the man had been cremated, but they had a casket there anyway for the funeral.<BR/><BR/>"Who gets to wear Mom?" Just so you know, I just about snorted myself silly after reading that.Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164305839482497161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937001.post-32099549054077228112008-08-17T19:56:00.000-06:002008-08-17T19:56:00.000-06:00My dad said he wants a "laughing box" in his caske...My dad said he wants a "laughing box" in his casket for a jolly feel. Pretty sure it'd just be creepy though. I think the pine box funeral is great in theory but it'd probably be a real pain to the people that had to put it together after you died.bedeliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12006737831173753849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937001.post-473758376343447712008-08-17T19:51:00.000-06:002008-08-17T19:51:00.000-06:00I should probably limit myself on how much I'm all...I should probably limit myself on how much I'm allowed to talk about this stuff. The more I discuss it, the more excited I get for a member of my family to die so I can try out the pine box method. People at home are starting to be a little afraid of the way I'm looking at them.daltongirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16307904950109679631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937001.post-79165716526572797162008-08-16T14:24:00.000-06:002008-08-16T14:24:00.000-06:00What's your position on a viewing before your rema...What's your position on a viewing before your remains are taken care of, whatever way that may be?<BR/><BR/>I'm torn myself. I lost someone suddenly a few years ago and there was no viewing, and they were cremated so there wasn't even a casket. Even today it's difficult for me to believe that they're really gone -- sometimes I fancy that it's all a big joke or trick and they're hiding somewhere. I don't know that a viewing would have made grieving any easier (since that's the last way you would see the person), but it would make it concrete that they're really gone.<BR/><BR/>Thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937001.post-32062951959303176882008-08-16T07:54:00.000-06:002008-08-16T07:54:00.000-06:00Joe's dad actually sat him down and discussed this...Joe's dad actually sat him down and discussed this once. Apparently he also wants the pine box funeral. He will leave everything to his wife, except enough money for Joe to buy a new van so that someone can actually ride with us when we go somewhere (it always bugs him that car seats take up so much room in our Pathfinder).<BR/><BR/>He then wants to be loaded onto the trailer that Joe's brother built, behind the new van and taken down to Eureka where they have a tiny "vacation" house and burial plots picked out. It's his dream funeral and he wanted to make sure Joe knew all about it. So I guess we'll be hitting up Park City Pine Box man when the time comes. I bet he'd be extra-excited if we all painted it too. I'll have to let him know.<BR/><BR/>Also I asked him once about the cremation thing (the idea of being buried makes me feel claustrophobic) and he said "it's not against any rules, but why make things harder for Heavenly Father than you need to."jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05334193146809678214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937001.post-76680258567927309802008-08-15T22:38:00.000-06:002008-08-15T22:38:00.000-06:00My dad has always said he wanted a pine box too, b...My dad has always said he wanted a pine box too, but when my little brother died, my dad changed his mind, because it was really important to my parents that they be able to do one last thing to protect their little boy's body. <BR/><BR/>Also the diamond? Brilliant plan.Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178196211079230972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937001.post-23928816822673232642008-08-15T20:49:00.000-06:002008-08-15T20:49:00.000-06:00I want to be put on a ship with all my earthly wea...I want to be put on a ship with all my earthly wealth and possessions, which will then be pushed out onto the Great Salt Lake and set on fire. Then my descendants will write Old English heroic poetry about me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323568112711824064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937001.post-31303933280413246252008-08-15T17:40:00.000-06:002008-08-15T17:40:00.000-06:00Brilliant post. I totally agree with you on everyt...Brilliant post. I totally agree with you on everything. And I TOTALLY want to be a diamond... a diamond that is eaten by a shark and then pooped out still in tact.cropstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656358346726200231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937001.post-74036480103374962862008-08-15T16:20:00.000-06:002008-08-15T16:20:00.000-06:00I found the diamond idea, well, a little gross.But...I found the diamond idea, well, a little gross.<BR/><BR/>But I completely agree with you about funeral costs. I think it's ridiculous to spend a bunch of money on a casket etc. when people who are alive could get much more enjoyment out of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937001.post-77338699179024996032008-08-15T15:50:00.000-06:002008-08-15T15:50:00.000-06:00I once asked the religion professor (dad) about cr...I once asked the religion professor (dad) about cremation.<BR/><BR/>He said that it's a common misconception that people think that the discouragement of cremation is due to 'wasting' the priesthood when the time comes for the resurrection. <BR/>That is, of course, a fallacy because to imply that something is wasted means that there is a finite supply.<BR/><BR/>The real reason is the way that cremation was introduced to western/American society in the late 1800s. Cremation was the thing to do to prove that you didn't believe in Christianity, since the concept originated in eastern religions. It was also a way of proving that you thought the body was irrelevant and trivial. <BR/><BR/>As far as I know, I think that there has been some backing off of the discouragement of cremation as the church has expanded. <BR/><BR/>We shall see.Carinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13859567470814286102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937001.post-6756211980855343362008-08-15T15:01:00.000-06:002008-08-15T15:01:00.000-06:00I am totally with you on the cremation. Especiall...I am totally with you on the cremation. Especially after reading Mary Roach's fabulous "Stiff."Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02910900807472507038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937001.post-65370810879286704882008-08-15T14:46:00.000-06:002008-08-15T14:46:00.000-06:00Hey, maybe they could turn shark poop into a DIAMO...Hey, maybe they could turn shark poop into a DIAMOND.....poop for thought.MTDAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02520854914442081858noreply@blogger.com