I'm not much in favor of the practice of embalming either. I much prefer the idea of cremation, after culling any donatable organs. It can be done without fanfare and without embalming the body first--that was how my mother-in-law dealt with my father-in-law's remains. My father-in-law was over 6 feet tall, but his post-cremation remains fit in a cardboard box that was about 6 inches high and 8 inches wide. After cremation, the remains can be buried to help the soil as you suggest (we buried my father-in-law's remains at the foot of a tree).
But even though embalming is bad, I think cannibalism would be worse. I'm glad we agree on that.
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I'm not much in favor of the practice of embalming either. I much prefer the idea of cremation, after culling any donatable organs. It can be done without fanfare and without embalming the body first--that was how my mother-in-law dealt with my father-in-law's remains. My father-in-law was over 6 feet tall, but his post-cremation remains fit in a cardboard box that was about 6 inches high and 8 inches wide. After cremation, the remains can be buried to help the soil as you suggest (we buried my father-in-law's remains at the foot of a tree).
But even though embalming is bad, I think cannibalism would be worse. I'm glad we agree on that.