Memento Mori

This i had always mused while dissecting dead bodies in anatomy class...when we can apply our anatomical knowledge (a scientific fact)to our daily perspective..would not there be reinforcing of universility and bordrless world devoid of class if we accepted the fact that all humans are IDENTICAL regardless of there NAMES

Morbidity is the other name of western civilization. Such phenomenon as the one described above could only be produced by a civilization, which does not believe in any after-life and which regards human bodies as mere material objects. Artistic presentation of corpses-what an idea!

Art is about aesthetic and anything that provides sense of aesthetic exhilaration is art. Interesting phrase ‘sorrow of death’ contrasting with athletic action images.

#2 Any culture or civilization that buries its dead does believe in an afterlife.

#4 i cant understand what you mean by ``after life``

How do you think one will be facing judment day... and hell or heaven?

#5 What do you understand #2 to mean by afterlife?

#6 all faiths Those that bury)including judeo christian islamic believe ....dead will rise from there graves..now i may or may not believe just as your single person opinion is limited to yourself...

Part of the belief is Judgemant day and how there can be judgment without atleast the dead`s soul being present....

#7 Yup christians bury their dead with the hope that they will be resurrected when Jesus returns.

Re: # 7

If death is an interface to some kind of after life then that after life must by qualitatively different from this life else purpose of death as an interface is meaningless.

And if parameters of existence after death are different then concept of hell and heaven are bogus because they are merely extension of existing life.

Good to see BodyWorlds here. It was exhibiting in Vancouver a few weeks back. Intensely moving to see it. Unfortunately I don`t see the cadavars as Christain bodies, just people who donated their bodies to the cause of increasing human awareness and knowledge. To my mind much nicer than being eaten by worms in a dank and horrible grave.

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The bodies are of chinese ppl. That brings its own set of q`s. Did they volunteer?

#7,8,9
Its the `ROOh` or Soul we are talking about....After life is believed to be for judgement only not reincarnationTHAT THERE WOULD BE A QUALITIVELY another LIFE FOR THE DEAD SOUL.
Physical body can be eaten by worm or disposed but spirit ,souls `rooh` is specific to single life and single person

Re: # 12

judgement has meaning if there is body.