Comment Re:Not all of his ashes.. (Score 1) 108
Hell, personally, I'd have settled with just a plaque, but if a few grams of ash has more emotional value with some people, why not?
Because it's an endorsement of superstition, and sets precedents.
There is something after death: the lives of everybody who didn't die that day, and their descendants. The possibility that what you did in your life might have a positive impact on your survivors, that they might even remember you or your work, is the real life after death.
I partially agree. A positive impact on the future we don't get to see is a reason to live our lives well. Along with sowing our oats. But remembering me? I'd rather they spent the time on pursuing worthwhile endeavors, because no matter what people think of me, I won't know it, and it won't make a grain of difference.
Some cultures have a taboo against speaking of the dead, and I can't say I've read anything about that causing problems.