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In the American Episcopal Church, cremation has become accepted so much so that many parishes have built columbaria into their churches, chapels and gardens. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] While Pentecostal Christians do not forbid cremation, traditional burial is preferred since cremation is perceived as a pagan practice. [ 15 ]
In the U.S. state of Nebraska, State Senator Ernie Chambers filed a suit in 2008 against God, seeking a permanent injunction against God's harmful activities, as an effort to publicize the issue of public access to the court system. [7] The suit was dismissed because God could not be properly notified, not having a fixed address.
Sentiment within the Catholic Church against cremation became hardened in the face of the association of cremation with "professed enemies of God." [90] When Masonic groups advocated cremation as a means of rejecting Christian belief in the resurrection, the Holy See forbade Catholics to practise cremation in 1886. The 1917 Code of Canon Law ...
Catholic families may now request to preserve a small portion of their late relative’s cremated remains in a “place of significance” to them, instead of strictly at a church or a cemetery.
The Cremation Society of North America commented in response to the case that funeral homes should use only reputable crematoria for cremation of remains, and only crematoria that they trust. The Society called the treatment of remains at Tri-State "an abuse of the most sacred trust" placed in the funeral service industry, a sentiment echoed by ...
The rate of cremation in Kentucky increased from 12.3% in 2011 to 40.3% last year for reasons that include price and changes in religious identity. More Kentuckians are choosing cremation over ...
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"The book is a narrowly conceived exposé, a screed against expensive funerals and the men who sell them, not an analysis of how or why funerals got that way. It's interesting to contrast Mitford’s book with the seminal death texts of the past, such as the two in the fifteenth century that were both called The Art of Dying , or the Tibetan ...