04-11-2007, 09:46 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The US based radio news broadcaster Paul Harvey commented on it and wondered what the world was coming to as it goes against the concept of burial and Resurrection etc.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Did he miss Indira Gandhi live cremations? I know lots of people were shocked to see cremations
<i>Disposing of a corpse by burning. In the ancient world cremation took place on an open pyre. It was practiced by the Greeks (who considered it suitable for heroes and war dead) and the Romans (among whom it became a status symbol). The pagan Scandinavians also cremated their dead. In India the custom is very ancient. In some Asian countries only certain people may be cremated (e.g., high lamas in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China). Christianity opposed cremation, and it became rare in Europe after AD 1000 except under extreme circumstances, such as that brought on by the Black Death. The practice reemerged in the late 19th century and was eventually accepted by both Protestants and Roman Catholics.</i>
Did he miss Indira Gandhi live cremations? I know lots of people were shocked to see cremations
<i>Disposing of a corpse by burning. In the ancient world cremation took place on an open pyre. It was practiced by the Greeks (who considered it suitable for heroes and war dead) and the Romans (among whom it became a status symbol). The pagan Scandinavians also cremated their dead. In India the custom is very ancient. In some Asian countries only certain people may be cremated (e.g., high lamas in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China). Christianity opposed cremation, and it became rare in Europe after AD 1000 except under extreme circumstances, such as that brought on by the Black Death. The practice reemerged in the late 19th century and was eventually accepted by both Protestants and Roman Catholics.</i>