As a non-believer in any deity or post-vitae existence, I shouldn’t really care what happens to my body after the grim reaper makes his house call. But what would be a tasteful and correct way to commit an atheist to eternity without offending either the corpse or his God-bothering acquaintances?
I don’t know, but I’ve been trying to find out.
You could always try cryogenics (in case they find a cure for death one day) but then at those temperatures perhaps you wouldn’t look so impressive :o
When my horse died we donated his body to the lion park - very convenient as they come to collect (a dead horse is an incredibly difficult thing to move around)
I like his idea of dropping remains in Kruger too, though it might be difficult to orchestrate…
Frankly, I would rather my loved-ones decide what to do with my remains - as by that time I will have no more need for them, and any action they take to dispose of my remains is purely aimed at consoling them and providing some sort of closure. I would at that time be dead - i.e why would I care? Could I care? :-\
I’m an organ donor, and the rest will be donated to whatever University or scientist would want it. I’d rather have someone learn something from it than it just be absorbed by worms and the like. What the family want to do is none of my concern, I’ll not be around to care either way.
St0nes, it being a museum of natural history, I was wondering in which section you contemplated this display?
I also think the curator is unnecessarily fussy:
3. While the idea of getting stuffed after you have died might appeal to you, you need to be much more hairy ...
I want these genetic fundies to friggen hurry up and find a cure for death. All this “dying” shit is way too old-school for me.