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Poll: After you die
This may be kind of morbid, but oh, well. I'm bored and curious.
Do you believe in heaven/hell?
If yes, what do you think it's like?
Cremation or burial?
Why?
Do you want to be buried with anything?
What do you want to be done with your ashes (buried, scattered, stuck on a shelf, etc.)?
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Re: Poll: After you die
I believe in heaven but not in hell.
I don't necessarily believe in heaven as the pearly white gates so much as a lovely place where your family and friends are that have passed on.
Takes up less space, FI and I can be burried in the same plot.
Nothing that springs to mind now.
Burried. I personally get creeped out when someone's ashes are on the mantle and I avoid the area like crazy since I'm terrified that I'd knock them over. I'm accident prone and it would be just my luck that there would be a "Meet the Parents" type situation.
[QUOTE]This may be kind of morbid, but oh, well. I'm bored and curious. Do you believe in heaven/hell? If yes, what do you think it's like? Cremation or burial? Why? Do you want to be buried with anything? What do you want to be done with your ashes (buried, scattered, stuck on a shelf, etc.)?
Posted by specialk84[/QUOTE]
<div>Yes, I believe in heaven and hell. I don't really know what they are like, I only have what the Bible says on the two places. I think heaven is pretty with angels and golden streets and mansions :) Which sounds naive typing that out, but anyway. I think hell is pretty much as most people see it, with fire and brimstone and whatnot.</div><div>
</div><div>I want to be cremated. I want my ashes to be scattered, but I'm not sure where yet.</div>
Scattered on the Big Island.
[QUOTE]Do you believe in heaven/hell? No If yes, what do you think it's like? NA Cremation or burial? Cremation Why? I can't stand the thought of being buried. Do you want to be buried with anything? No What do you want to be done with your ashes (buried, scattered, stuck on a shelf, etc.)? Scattered on the Big Island.
Posted by Girlie1030[/QUOTE]
<div>Why hello twin.</div>
[QUOTE]This may be kind of morbid, but oh, well. I'm bored and curious.
Do you believe in heaven/hell? <strong>Yes, I believe in both.</strong>
If yes, what do you think it's like? <strong>I don't know</strong>.
Cremation or burial? Why? <strong>Burial, cremation scares me</strong>
Do you want to be buried with anything? <strong>My wedding band and engagement ring, beyond that, I don't care.</strong>
What do you want to be done with your ashes (buried, scattered, stuck on a shelf, etc.)?
Posted by specialk84[/QUOTE]
I believe I'll know my FI in heaven as my husband, unlike many people believe.
But if heaven doesn't exist, I'm fine with that too.
Both FI and I want to be cremated, so I think there's something romantic about my body becoming part of the Earth again. Burial in a big fancy coffin creeps me out!
We want our ashes spread up in the mountains somewhere together.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Poll: After you die : Why hello twin.
Posted by Anysunrise[/QUOTE]
Aloha. :)
Books read in 2012: 21/50
"Halloween may have loose women scantily clad...
But Christmas has a pregnant virgin.
Way cooler." - anna.oskar
yes, I believe in both.
I believe hell sucks balls and is an eternity of pain and suffering.
As of now, probably burial, but I'm not opposed to cremation.
Idk to be honest.
My wedding ring for sure, preferrably still on my finger. Some sort of rosary or crucifix. Maybe photos of my loved ones? Idk, never erally thought of this.
If cremated, I'd love to be scattered all over. Some in the French Riviera, some on a shelf, some maybe on the land of the house FI and I grow old in (assuming it's the same house for most of our lives).
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Do you believe in heaven/hell?
I like the idea of heaven, but the way Buffy, the Vampire Slayer describes it in season 6.
She tells Spike:
"I was happy. Wherever I ... was ... I was happy. At peace. I knew that everyone I cared about was all right. I knew it. Time ... didn't mean anything ... nothing had form ... but I was still me, you know? And I was warm ... and I was loved ... and I was finished. Complete. I don't understand about theology or dimensions, or ... any of it, really ... but I think I was in heaven."
Burial.
I wouldn't want to be kept in an urn and I'll never be able to decide where my ashes should be thrown.
I'm not sure, probably not. "You can't take it with you" and all that, I guess.
see above.
[QUOTE]Do you believe in heaven/hell? yes, I believe in both. If yes, what do you think it's like? I believe heaven is like a feeling that words cannot describe. An unimaginable peace and happiness. I believe hell sucks balls and is an eternity of pain and suffering. Cremation or burial? As of now, probably burial, but I'm not opposed to cremation. Why? Idk to be honest. <strong>Do you want to be buried with anything? My wedding ring for sure, preferrably still on my finger. </strong> Some sort of rosary or crucifix. Maybe photos of my loved ones? Idk, never erally thought of this. What do you want to be done with your ashes (buried, scattered, stuck on a shelf, etc.)? If cremated, I'd love to be scattered all over. Some in the French Riviera, some on a shelf, some maybe on the land of the house FI and I grow old in (assuming it's the same house for most of our lives).
Posted by chelseamb11[/QUOTE]
This reminds me of a relative of mine from a few generations ago who was buried with her jewelry. After she was buried, her family decided they wanted the jewelry back so they dug her up. Turns out she wasn't dead when they buried her (this was back before they did embalming) and she'd clawed the sides of her casket and pulled half her hair out before suffocating.
Pretty morbid but then again, this is a death thread, lol.
[QUOTE]Nope I'll be donated to science and cremated afterward, the remains to be scattered at sea.
Posted by Spunky414[/QUOTE]
<div>My dad wanted to be donated to the local medical school. He contacted them, and they said they no longer accept fat people, so now he's planning to take advantage of his free military plot. </div><div>
</div><div>I would think medical schools would want some fat people, since so many Americans are obese. Things must look different inside.</div>
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Poll: After you die : This reminds me of a relative of mine from a few generations ago who was buried with her jewelry. After she was buried, her family decided they wanted the jewelry back so they dug her up. Turns out she wasn't dead when they buried her (this was back before they did embalming) and she'd clawed the sides of her casket and pulled half her hair out before suffocating. Pretty morbid but then again, this is a death thread, lol.
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]
OMG. Seriously?!
That is my worst fucking nightmare. Truth.
Books read in 2012: 21/50
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Poll: After you die : This reminds me of a relative of mine from a few generations ago who was buried with her jewelry. After she was buried, her family decided they wanted the jewelry back so they dug her up. Turns out she wasn't dead when they buried her (this was back before they did embalming) and she'd clawed the sides of her casket and pulled half her hair out before suffocating. Pretty morbid but then again, this is a death thread, lol.
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]
<div>O.M.G.</div>
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Poll: After you die : This reminds me of a relative of mine from a few generations ago who was buried with her jewelry. After she was buried, her family decided they wanted the jewelry back so they dug her up. <strong> Turns out she wasn't dead when they buried her (this was back before they did embalming) and she'd clawed the sides of her casket and pulled half her hair out before suffocating. Pretty morbid but then again, this is a death thread, lol.
</strong>Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]
OMG.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Poll: After you die : This reminds me of a relative of mine from a few generations ago who was buried with her jewelry. After she was buried, her family decided they wanted the jewelry back so they dug her up. Turns out she wasn't dead when they buried her (this was back before they did embalming) and she'd clawed the sides of her casket and pulled half her hair out before suffocating. Pretty morbid but then again, this is a death thread, lol.
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]
That is the one of the worst things I have ever read, and absolutely one of my biggest (and most irrational fears).
My grandma on my mom's side donated her body to science. Someone is walking around with her eyes which is great and somewhat creepy all at the same time.