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    What is the origin of the modern idea of funerals?

    Question #71119. Asked by smartie806. (Oct 01 06 7:25 PM)


    skysmom65

    		Modern Funeral Customs

    We would like to think that in these modern times, our state of enlightenment would have totally dispensed with such thinking, but such is not the case.

    Even today, death is approached from a standpoint of fear.

    Many of our funeral customs have their historical basis in pagan rituals.

    http://www.wyfda.org/basics_2.html

    Oct 01 06, 8:02 PM
    Gnomon

    		We can't say what the origins of funerals are, because they are not a modern idea. People have buried their dead in special circumstances for thousands years, so whatever caused them to first do it is lost in the mists of time.

    Oct 02 06, 1:11 AM
    SOTHC

    		And whose idea was it to put fun at the beginning?

    Oct 02 06, 6:41 AM
    Brainyblonde

    		LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Oct 02 06, 9:05 AM

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