Why do we bury our dead in coffins? and why?
99420
I think it would be pretty sad to just throw your love one in 6 feet underground all broken up and dirty and look at them that way.....i think even if their dead you still need a sort of respect for the family and friends.
1005288
the purpose of human death is for you to die. when you die you make room for another to live. your body turns to dirt and dust to feed the earth. beautifully simple isn't it?
1138281
Did you think the garbage men would take away your dead relatives?\n\nYou can get way cheaper than that, but if you want anything fancy you have to pay. A "green" burial in a biodegradable coffin would be much cheaper; minimize fuss like flowers and so on and it's less still. But what sort of send-off did you want to give your loved ones? And didn't they leave any capital with which to pay for their own funeral?
1033565
I think that's a Jewish practice.  When a family member or friend dies, they cover all of the mirrors so that they only think about the deceased and not worry about looking at themselves in the mirror.  I think that's right.  Every religion has different ways to behave when someone dies.
236209
Several places to contact.  The funeral home may have a suggestion.\n\nI know of several churches that have had grave sites left to them going unused.\n\nCremation is much cheaper.  It doesn't require an expensive casket, and brings an equality to funerals that is not matched by burials.
43444
No, there is no reason for underwear on the deceased.\nAll that is supplied is their outer garments.\nIf the body is too big for the casket, there will also be an absence of shoes.\nYet, again it also can depend upon the requests of the next of kin to the deceased or who is paying for the services as well.
943078
If a family forgets to bring these, I have  packs of new socks that I put on them.  I never bury anyone without something on their feet.  I do this out of respect for them and their family.  Take care!
591990
The standard practice is for the remains to be returned to the grieving family. Beforehand, an individual soldier may make other arrangements (during Vietnam, one Navy pilot requested to be buried at sea if he was killed in action).\n\nA detail is assigned to assist at the funeral. A friend of mine was killed in Iraq, and at her wake there was an active duty sergeant assisting.
475952
are you into dead bodies?
412862
Premature Burial.\nIn other words (for those ignorant twats among you)...being buried alive.\n\nThink about it.  You fall into an unusually deep sleep or perhaps a coma and people mistake it for death.  Perhaps you fell victim to some voodoo curse that removes your vital signs temporarily.  They have the funeral and then bury your ass in your fancy coffin in 6 feet of dirt.\nYou wake up the first night after you are buried.  It is dark and confined.  What happened to you?  Last thing you remember was going to sleep normally.  Imagine the terror.  And imagine it escalate when you feel the silky linings of your casket and realize what has happened to you.  You pound feverishly at the coffin lid but no one will be hearing you.  You will just fade away when the oxygen does.\nIt is cruel because it allowed you enough time to become aware and then to realize your fate and then understand that Jesus isn't there to help prevent your untimely demise.  \n\nOf course being buried alive in other, less traditional ways is just as bad.  \nLike if you were buried alive in a molasses flood.  Trapped as if you were a prehistoric mosquito in amber.\nYour scientific importance in 1000 years matters little to you as you understand you are being buried in Aunt Jemima.\nMaybe millions of dog volunteer workers from around the world will come and lick you out out of your hardened, sweet and sticky tomb but I doubt it.  \n\nThere are some other bad ways to die my goodbitches, but I am off to get some lunch.\n\n\n.
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There is a great sadness. That is why I speak to those who have ears to hear. Those that don't hear, go on with their life, babbling, and clanging like cymbals and gongs. It is not wise to wake a giant, a pig, or a sleeping dog...\n\nLet the dead bury the dead, and may they rest in peace...\n\nBut still, it's sad, people digging their own graves...
1146100
They don't anymore, they lock the casket now indstead. But both are to ward off grave robbers and stuff. When my dad and grandmom both died, the caretaker waited until we (well my mom and sis, I needed to leave the room) were the only ones left, and then locked it with a special key that can't unlock the casket once it's locked. That way we knew that no one was going to open the casket afterwards and steal jewelry or anything. I'm more confused about why they burry the body in a 2 inch thick cement vault and then cement the lid shut after they put the casket in it. I would think the fancy locks and thick plastic casket would be enough to ward off grave robbers......
387515
When I'm dead in the casket maybe.  I sleep naked when I'm alive though.  Clothes are too restictive in bed.
929497
Many cemeteries are using Mausoleums now-------saves space as you can build on top of each other.  It is no more well preserved than a ground burial in a coffin and vault.
319631
i think the answer was a coffin
85880
******************\nDONT TRY THIS AT HOME :D\n******************\nAn important man has died and his body needs to be prepared for burial. The process of mummification has two stages. First, the embalming of the body. Then, the wrapping and burial of the body. \n\nFirst, his body is taken to the tent known as 'ibu' or the 'place of purification'. There the embalmers wash his body with good-smelling palm wine and rinse it with water from the Nile.\n\nOne of the embalmer's men makes a cut in the left side of the body and removes many of the internal organs. It is important to remove these because they are the first part of the body to decompose.\n\nThe liver, lungs, stomach and intestines are washed and packed in natron which will dry them out. The heart is not taken out of the body because it is the centre of intelligence and feeling and the man will need it in the afterlife.\n\nA long hook is used to smash the brain and pull it out through the nose.\n\nThe body is now covered and stuffed with natron which will dry it out. All of the fluids, and rags from the embalming process will be saved and buried along with the body.\n\nAfter forty days the body is washed again with water from the Nile. Then it is covered with oils to help the skin stay elastic.\n\nThe dehydrated internal organs are wrapped in linen and returned to the body. The body is stuffed with dry materials such as sawdust, leaves and linen so that it looks lifelike. \n\nFinally the body is covered again with good-smelling oils. It is now ready to be wrapped in linen.\n\nn the past, when the internal organs were removed from a body they were placed in hollow canopic jars.\n\nOver many years the embalming practices changed and embalmers began returning internal organs to bodies after the organs had been dried in natron. However, solid wood or stone canopic jars were still buried with the mummy to symbolically protect the internal organs. \n\nImsety the human-headed god looks after the liver. Hapy the baboon-headed god looks after the lungs. Duamutef the jackal-headed god looks after the stomach. Qebehsenuef the falcon-headed god looks after the intestines.\n\nThe body has been cleaned, dried and rubbed with good-smelling oils. Now it is ready to be wrapped in linen.\n\n***************\nWrapping the mummy\n***************\n\nFirst the head and neck are wrapped with strips of fine linen. Then the fingers and the toes are individually wrapped. \n\nThe arms and legs are wrapped separately. Between the layers of wrapping, the embalmers place amulets to protect the body in its journey through the underworld.\n\nA priest reads spells out loud while the mummy is being wrapped. These spells will help ward off evil spirits and help the deceased make the journey to the afterlife. \n\nThe arms and legs are tied together. A papyrus scroll with spells from the Book of the Dead is placed between the wrapped hands.\n\nMore linen strips are wrapped around the body. At every layer, the bandages are painted with liquid resin that helps to glue the bandages together. \n\nA cloth is wrapped around the body and a picture of the god Osiris is painted on its surface. \n\nFinally, a large cloth is wrapped around the entire mummy. It is attached with strips of linen that run from the top to the bottom of the mummy, and around its middle.\n\nA board of painted wood is placed on top of the mummy before the mummy is lowered into its coffin. The first coffin is then put inside a second coffin. \n\nThe funeral is held for the deceased and his family mourns his death. \n\nA ritual called the 'Opening of the Mouth' is performed, allowing the deceased to eat and drink again.\n\nFinally, the body and its coffins are placed inside a large stone sarcophagus in the tomb. Furniture, clothing, valuable objects, food and drink are arranged in the tomb for the deceased.\n\nNow his body is ready for its journey through the underworld. There his heart will be judged by his good deeds
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They are buried so deep so that,no one can dig up the body.The Grave diggers dont want people stealing anyones body.6 feet is too deep for many people to go and get out of the grave.Also,when a flood,hurricanne,or something else like that happens,the ground gets flooded.Once the ground at a cemetary is flooded,the bodies will float up to the top and be floating around everywhere.That is gross.That happened in Hurricane Katrina.If these things happened,it would not only be sad and gross,but disrespectful to the family of that person and disrespectful to the dead.Also the grave diggers would have done all that work for nothing.That is why when you get buried,your body gets buried six feet.Also,someday if the dead come back to life,it will be hard for them to get out.