Christian community in Britain will change funeral methods, adopt eco-friendly method

Slowly, the world is becoming aware of the environment. The methods of cremation are changing. Different denominations of Christianity in Britain have come together after thousands of years to make funerals more environmentally friendly. They are considering ways to reduce pollution, keeping in mind the religious, practical and traditional views of the last rites.

Churches of major Christian denominations in Britain, including the Church of England, tried to form a consensus on decomposing dead bodies in water or composting instead of burning or burying dead bodies at a general assembly held on Monday. Along with this, alternatives of eco-friendly methods of last rites were also explored in various countries.

Arch Bishop Dotchin, who was present in the meeting, said – There is hesitation on the new methods of funeral, but there is no misunderstanding. They say- Anti-apartheid activist and Cape Town's Archbishop Desmond Tutu had his body akumatized a year ago. There are about 240 crore followers of Christianity worldwide. This is 30% of the world's population.

The process of making the dead body soil is called termination. In this, the body is kept in a box. External devices such as pacemakers are removed from the body. Warm air with wood chips and other organic matter hastens decomposition. In 30 days, even bones and teeth get mixed in the soil. This makes one cubic meter of soil.

Aquamation is the method of cremation in water. In this, the dead body is kept in a cylinder for 3 to 4 hours in water mixed with alkali-like potassium hydroxide. The water is heated to 150°C simultaneously with the cylinder pressure. After this only bones remain.

These bones are reduced to ashes in the oven and placed in an urn and handed over to the family members. This water is mixed with sewage. So the water companies protested, but no DNA was found in the water. After this permission was given.