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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dcollins" data-source="post: 1745081" data-attributes="member: 876">Let's take Hinduism as an example (apologies to anyone if I misstep here unintentionally). The final rites there demand that the body be cremated and completely consumed.On a more personal note, at my last full-time job in Boston, I worked with a Hindu gentleman. On afternoons when I needed to clear my head, I often took a stroll at a very peaceful, beautiful nearby cemetary.One day when he looked tired (and I suppose I wasn't thinking clearly), I suggested the same thing to him. He really looked rather stricken and said he couldn't ever walk through a cemetary.So, to him, the very idea that dead bodies are even still around is pretty dreadful. The idea of using dead bodies like raw materials would be beyond unthinkable to someone of that faith.</blockquote>