I don’t get open casket funerals. Am I the only one?

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Anonymous wrote:I kind of think the Muslim and Jewish bury them right away is traumatic. Like they were alive this morning and by sundown they are in the ground.

I actually admire these traditions. Why let the body start decomposition before being laid to rest?

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Agreed, so weird.

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You wanna know what is weird. Watching organ and bone harvest.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm Jewish and I don't get a lot of things Christians do with dead bodies. Embalming them, dressing them, viewing them, keeping them above ground for days. I might be hanging out in a hut with a giant ass lemon, but y'all are weird.

Lol I feel the same way!!! I think Jews do death really well. Sitting Shiva, mourners kaddish have been so helpful to me.

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I can do you one better, op-- I don't get funerals. I have buried enough loved ones to know that they don't provide closure.

I've made it clear that I don't want a funeral/obituary under any circumstance. Donate my body to science, enjoy the insurance money, and move on with life.

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Anonymous wrote:I can do you one better, op-- I don't get funerals. I have buried enough loved ones to know that they don't provide closure.

I've made it clear that I don't want a funeral/obituary under any circumstance. Donate my body to science, enjoy the insurance money, and move on with life.

It's possible that they don't provide closure for you but do for people who are different than you.

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Anonymous wrote:The wake is open casket the funeral is always closed casket

I have definitely been to open casket funerals. They were not wakes.

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I agree, OP. Some people prefer open caskets, but embalming and doing the hair and makeup of a dead person to try to make them look more lifelike is really an odd thing when you think about it.

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I don’t like funerals full stop. Cruel and unusual.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm Jewish and I don't get a lot of things Christians do with dead bodies. Embalming them, dressing them, viewing them, keeping them above ground for days. I might be hanging out in a hut with a giant ass lemon, but y'all are weird.

I love this so much.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard of the new eco-trend where the body is dissolved in liquids?

It’s supposed to be better for the environment. Only allowed in some states though.

Okay, so THAT gives me the heebie jeebies. I am fine with open caskets. I am fine with burials. I am fine with cremation. I am fine with burial at sea.

Dissolving bodies in chemicals? Not so much.

Please don’t feel that way. Just read the BBC article.

It explains its better for the environment.

Don’t you want to protect the environment?

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I have been to funerals of family members that were open, that were closed, and who were cremated. When I was actually able to see them, it was easier for me to accept that they were gone. I could see that their body didn’t contain them anymore. It’s meaningful to me.

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I don’t plan to be present at mine

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Anonymous wrote:I have been to funerals of family members that were open, that were closed, and who were cremated. When I was actually able to see them, it was easier for me to accept that they were gone. I could see that their body didn’t contain them anymore. It’s meaningful to me.

I agree. My 45 yo brother-in-law recently passed away and there was no wake or funeral and I'm finding closure has been harder to achieve.

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Anonymous wrote:I can do you one better, op-- I don't get funerals. I have buried enough loved ones to know that they don't provide closure.

I've made it clear that I don't want a funeral/obituary under any circumstance. Donate my body to science, enjoy the insurance money, and move on with life.

I don't want my body donated by I want a natural burial in a natural (wool, wood, etc) casket and be done with it. If you want to celebrate and honor me, do it while I'm alive. It means nothing to me when I'm dead.