Thank you for answering my questions. I just do NOT understand why this embalming thing is so important to people. It seems so pagan, to drain out all of the blood from a body and put something else in! Why?! It is just so unnatural and hits me as very, very wrong! And on cremation, it feels sinful to me, if God says my body is a temple where HE dwells, then burning my temple feels very, very wrong and disrespectful to HIM and to the deceased person. Sometimes I feel like all of these laws and legislations dictating how we are to bury the dead are just man's evil way of greedy gain. I mean caskets, vaults, etc. all seems unnecessary expenses to help enrich the funeral homes. It appears to me that man is just busy complicating something that should be so simple as to just lay the body in the ground and let nature do it's thing. Wrapping it in a linen or cotton cloth seems very respectful to the precious deceased soul, the earth, and to God. Indiana definitely does need to change some laws. Being born and raised in Kokomo & living my whole 68 years here, I don't want to go to Washington, Florida, or another state just so I can be buried naturally, as it should be. If we can put our beloved pets in the ground, I just don't see why we cannot do the same with our own human bodies. Some people say that is because just putting bodies in the ground would pollute and contaminate the ground. I believe they are underestimating the Divine Order & Power of God's creation, and how HE made the earth and the ocean able to cleanse itself through the very forces of nature that HE created. I think Kimberly has the right idea for herself & the ocean! I just prefer the soil of the earth, personally. But both are great natural ways to dispose of those not among the living any more. Thank you again for taking the time to address my issues. May God bless you both richly!
Thank you for answering my questions. I just do NOT understand why this embalming thing is so important to people. It seems so pagan, to drain out all of the blood from a body and put something else in! Why?! It is just so unnatural and hits me as very, very wrong! And on cremation, it feels sinful to me, if God says my body is a temple where HE dwells, then burning my temple feels very, very wrong and disrespectful to HIM and to the deceased person. Sometimes I feel like all of these laws and legislations dictating how we are to bury the dead are just man's evil way of greedy gain. I mean caskets, vaults, etc. all seems unnecessary expenses to help enrich the funeral homes. It appears to me that man is just busy complicating something that should be so simple as to just lay the body in the ground and let nature do it's thing. Wrapping it in a linen or cotton cloth seems very respectful to the precious deceased soul, the earth, and to God. Indiana definitely does need to change some laws. Being born and raised in Kokomo & living my whole 68 years here, I don't want to go to Washington, Florida, or another state just so I can be buried naturally, as it should be. If we can put our beloved pets in the ground, I just don't see why we cannot do the same with our own human bodies. Some people say that is because just putting bodies in the ground would pollute and contaminate the ground. I believe they are underestimating the Divine Order & Power of God's creation, and how HE made the earth and the ocean able to cleanse itself through the very forces of nature that HE created. I think Kimberly has the right idea for herself & the ocean! I just prefer the soil of the earth, personally. But both are great natural ways to dispose of those not among the living any more. Thank you again for taking the time to address my issues. May God bless you both richly!