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[–] 30 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Or just bury people without embalming them first? As a non-American I find it super weird that it’s the norm in the US. Why would you still do that anyway?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It has to do with Christianity. Many Christians believe that Christ will come back raising the dead and restoring their bodies

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've been a Christian all my life; I'm really, really sure that Christ can not only "restore" a body from nothing but make it much better than it was before. At least, I hope He plans to make it much better 😃

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I know, but other than manmade laws, why?

    As far as I know, it’s a US thing right? In the Netherlands embalming has been expressly prohibited up until 2009 I think. Granted, Dutch laws concerning what you can do with a dead body are pretty strict but embalming just seems weird to me.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Other than laws? Probably, to a degree, like an unfortunate number of things in the US, money. As of 2019, the death industry was >$20 Billion industry.

    Over here in the US, we're stuck in a neoliberal hellscape where profit is more important than any human being and grief-stricken families are fair game for exploitation.

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