I agree with this in principle, but cemeteries are for the living. It would be good if our post-death rituals could use up less land of course; I fully support social changes in that direction. For now though, a lot of people find comfort in visiting their ancestral remains.
also, we ritualize literally everything. Watching TV is a ritual, and you watch anything older, likely some dead people are in it or worked on it.
All food is eating dead things and most meals have some sort of ritual associated with it.
Even the most ardent atheist ritualizes their morning shower, or experiences the ritual of listening to music etc
The ritualization of a death process - per capita and at scale - is much less destructive to the planet, society and public spaces than, say, driving a car or playing golf.
I agree with this in principle, but cemeteries are for the living. It would be good if our post-death rituals could use up less land of course; I fully support social changes in that direction. For now though, a lot of people find comfort in visiting their ancestral remains.
Cemeteries are also extremely useful to archaeologists. We wouldn’t know anywhere near as much about the past without them.
also, we ritualize literally everything. Watching TV is a ritual, and you watch anything older, likely some dead people are in it or worked on it.
All food is eating dead things and most meals have some sort of ritual associated with it.
Even the most ardent atheist ritualizes their morning shower, or experiences the ritual of listening to music etc
The ritualization of a death process - per capita and at scale - is much less destructive to the planet, society and public spaces than, say, driving a car or playing golf.