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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 8569672" data-attributes="member: 4534">I think this is the most salient point that's been made in this thread.&nbsp; Throughout most of history, a corpse hasn't just been a piece of meat.&nbsp; Even prehistoric people such as Neanderthals took the time to specifically care for their dead with some including flowers and specific burial arrangements in their funerary rites.&nbsp; During the American Civil War there was something of a crisis in regards to the wounds and what it meant for the afterlife.&nbsp; If a soldier had his leg amputated, did this mean he would be missing a leg come the resurrection?&nbsp; We might think it a silly question today but this caused some anxiety back in the 1860s.&nbsp; That was also one of the more controversial aspects of cremation.&nbsp; How can you take part in the resurrection when your body has been destroyed?&nbsp; So that's why most of us think of raising the dead as being evil.&nbsp; We have customs that beliefs that dictate what we're supposed to do with a corpse.&nbsp; If I saw some random skeleton walking down the street I'd want to find that necromancer and kick his butt until he stopped making skeletons.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 8569672, member: 4534"] I think this is the most salient point that's been made in this thread. Throughout most of history, a corpse hasn't just been a piece of meat. Even prehistoric people such as Neanderthals took the time to specifically care for their dead with some including flowers and specific burial arrangements in their funerary rites. During the American Civil War there was something of a crisis in regards to the wounds and what it meant for the afterlife. If a soldier had his leg amputated, did this mean he would be missing a leg come the resurrection? We might think it a silly question today but this caused some anxiety back in the 1860s. That was also one of the more controversial aspects of cremation. How can you take part in the resurrection when your body has been destroyed? So that's why most of us think of raising the dead as being evil. We have customs that beliefs that dictate what we're supposed to do with a corpse. If I saw some random skeleton walking down the street I'd want to find that necromancer and kick his butt until he stopped making skeletons. [/QUOTE]

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