I have a Zoroastrian friend who has told me about these. It's one of things that the Zoroastrian's in this country have a problem with as it can't be done here.
So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
I have a Zoroastrian friend who has told me about these. It's one of things that the Zoroastrian's in this country have a problem with as it can't be done here.
I'm sure there are a few remote peaks in Wales or Scotland, or even our own Lake District where this could be done?
Ok I know ahnimus is from a different place to me but where I come from, until recently (with the exception of a small minority of protestants) we're all brought up catholic. A funeral is the normal thing to be done when someone dies and I believe it's as much tradition as it is anything to do with religion... in my culture that is. Somebody who has not gone to mass their entire life STILL has a funeral. For the priest to preach about conversion during a funeral is just him being a BAD priest. Most priests will serve the mass as a celebration of that persons life and not see it as a recruitment opportunity.
While I was brought up Catholic, I'm quite a spiritual person but NOT religious... however, it's very difficult to shake off what has always been a part of Irish life. I still want a funeral when I die because that's all I know. If an athiest dies, do his athiest friends just leave the body to rot? I'm sure they still have some kind of 'service' whether it's just saying a few words or whatever. A funeral is the same thing, it just happens to be held in a religious place and said by a religious leader. I don't think he was being hypocritical by going into the church, he was being respectful, but probably coming from a more 'religious' community than him, I would find it disrespectful to not go along with it. When the priest says 'let us pray', you don't really have to pray, you can bow your head and contemplate. Nobody's forcing you to be there but if you go just be respectful.
A funeral is a ceremony marking a person's death. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from the funeral itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honor. These customs vary widely between cultures, and between religious affiliations within cultures. In some cultures the dead are venerated; this is commonly called ancestor worship. The word funeral comes from the Latin funus, which had a variety of meanings, including the corpse and the funerary rites themselves.
Funeral rites are as old as the human race itself.[citation needed] In the Shanidar cave in Iraq, Neanderthal skeletons have been discovered with a characteristic layer of pollen, which suggests that Neanderthals buried the dead with gifts of flowers. This has been interpreted as suggesting that Neanderthals believed in an afterlife, and in any case were aware of their own mortality and were capable of mourning.
when i die
burn my body
take my ashes
over the mountains
and the seas
to the places i have lived
sprinkle some
among the people i used to know
who i loved
and who loved me
for there my soul shall rest at ease
let some linger in the breeze
blowing them
to distant places
where my shadow
will hide all my
doubts and sorrows
leaving only
all the love
my heart has carried.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_burial
I have a Zoroastrian friend who has told me about these. It's one of things that the Zoroastrian's in this country have a problem with as it can't be done here.
I'm sure there are a few remote peaks in Wales or Scotland, or even our own Lake District where this could be done?
Thank you Helen. Beautifully put.
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Funeral rites are as old as the human race itself.[citation needed] In the Shanidar cave in Iraq, Neanderthal skeletons have been discovered with a characteristic layer of pollen, which suggests that Neanderthals buried the dead with gifts of flowers. This has been interpreted as suggesting that Neanderthals believed in an afterlife, and in any case were aware of their own mortality and were capable of mourning.
Here's the link which has further explanation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral
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burn my body
take my ashes
over the mountains
and the seas
to the places i have lived
sprinkle some
among the people i used to know
who i loved
and who loved me
for there my soul shall rest at ease
let some linger in the breeze
blowing them
to distant places
where my shadow
will hide all my
doubts and sorrows
leaving only
all the love
my heart has carried.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
WOW!! Byrnzie, that's really interesting! Thanks for posting the links.
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Jeanwah!! That's awesome!! I've just added the link to my favorites so I can read up the rest later, but that sounds like something I would like.
Guess I have to research now whether or not it's available in Australia.
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