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What is the origin of the modern idea of funerals?
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#71119. Asked by smartie806.
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skysmom65
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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
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Gnomon
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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.
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SOTHC
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And whose idea was it to put fun at the beginning?
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Brainyblonde
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LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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