Alabama Man Loses Bid to Keep His Wife Buried in His Yard

I had read this story in the news and my heart went out to the poor guy. But, they have laws about ploppin' bodies in the ground just anywhere for a reason.
 
TWHRider said:
This made our local news. I wonder why he didn't just get her cremated? He could have placed her anywhere then.

If he's really religious, there is nothing in the Scriptures that says it's wrong to cremate someone, after they pass. "After" being the operative here.
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I thought there was something about "being whole" so that you were ready for the Resurrection? The Pope lifted the cremation ban in 1963, but I've known a lot of Christians that still declare their church (and their priests) look down on cremation.
 
TWHRider said:
The subject was once brought up in a Bible Study, many years ago, when somebody's family member passed. All of us younger folks were curious and that was the answer the Elders gave us. I know they used scriptural back up but I can't remember what scriptures.

That's a good question to Google and see what hits come up.
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I think like most things religious the case for or against cremation comes down to personal preferences and interpretations, since there is plentiful Scripture that seemingly bans it but very little to none that supports it. Yet, as with your Elders, some choose to interpret Scripture differently. Burning in the Bible was most often seen as a punishment - all "good" Christians were buried.

But given enough time, a buried body will turn to dust, just as disassembled as a cremation. It just takes longer.
 
SifuPhil said:
I thought there was something about "being whole" so that you were ready for the Resurrection? The Pope lifted the cremation ban in 1963, but I've known a lot of Christians that still declare their church (and their priests) look down on cremation.
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Jesus described Hell like Jerusalem's city dump. The city dump was on fire most of the time, because they didn't bury the garbage, so it was quite a bit like a huge compost pile. If a person was too poor to afford a grave site, they're body went into that dump too. (Important note since Jesus didn't have a place to be put after he died.) He never said there shouldn't be a dump, nor did he ever say people shouldn't be disposed of in the dump. It also says we get a new body after this.

I'm curious when the Catholic Church imposed that rule to begin with, since the beginning of the history of Christianity was full of Christians being destroyed by both the Romans and the Egyptians. Lots of Christians killed at the Coliseum, and one of the emperors lit his way home with pole after pole of burning Christian bodies being his streetlights, while others lit on fire and dragged behind the chariot in front of him.

But, getting back to the story. I see why the husband would want to keep his wife there, but some day that house sold, and I'm not sure I want someone's wife under my daffodils. I would have gone with cremate me first too.
 
atwhatcost said:
... I'm curious when the Catholic Church imposed that rule to begin with, since the beginning of the history of Christianity was full of Christians being destroyed by both the Romans and the Egyptians. Lots of Christians killed at the Coliseum, and one of the emperors lit his way home with pole after pole of burning Christian bodies being his streetlights, while others lit on fire and dragged behind the chariot in front of him ...
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Then perhaps it was revenge that all those "witches" and heretics were burned at the stake by the Christians in later years ...

Along with:


  • The inquisitions
  • The crusades
  • The genocides
  • The Holocaust
  • The book burnings
  • The heretic stonings
  • The honor killings
  • The killing of gays
  • The killing of apostates
  • The amputation of limbs
  • Countless wars in the name of the Christian religion
  • Hindering of science
  • Hindering of medicine
  • Hindering of social advancement
  • Hindering of education
  • Backing of slavery
  • Subjugation of women
  • Child abuse by religious leaders, and the cover-ups
  • Suicide bombings

... but that's all for a different thread ...
 
That Guy said:
Norman Bates kept his mom in the fruit cellar . . . so...
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I crack up every time I read this.

Those really old people , in the south, don't believe you should need permission to bury your kin on your family's land. They remember their elders being buried in pint boxes.

This guy isn't that old, though, and he have some insurance, on her, that he'd rather spend on housing than on her burial.

You never know, these days.
 
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