What is the difference between Burial and Cremation?
When buried in a grave or tomb, the human body becomes reduced to just bones by a slow process of decomposition. Cremation does basically the same thing through evaporation with the use of intense heat from flame. The process has been referred to, poetically, as purification by fire, where the mortal takes on immortality. The cremation process takes a few hours as opposed to several years. What is left in the chamber after this process is completed are bone fragments. The fragments are removed from the chamber, further processed and reduced to fine particles. The human body, reduced to its basic elements after this process, is then referred to as human cremated remains. Since the end result is the same, both the body and the human cremated remains should be treated with equal respect and dignity regarding their final resting place. Cremation, therefore, is a first step in the process of preparing the body of a deceased loved one for its disposition to a final resting place. Cremation i
