Decorating graves with flowers and visiting graves

[Rumpel]

What do you think of that traditon?

 

[Rumpel]

I have voted for: it is a good tradition

 

[Dragonfly]

Almost an exact duplicate thread, yet you won't answer simple, direct questions in the first one.

https://debatepolitics.com/threads/...l-day-in-the-year-for-visiting-graves.426016/

Pathetic.

What makes it "good"?
What purpose does it serve?
What's the point?

What do YOU think it says about the people who don't visit graves?

Are you gonna grow some man-pants and answer some questions, or just create inane threads then duck & dodge any attempt to discuss the topic?

 

[Daisy]

It's a waste of money...give me my flowers while I'm living...

 

[watsup]

Get cremated and get your ashes scattered and then nobody has to be concerned about this. Most gravestones become anonymous and don't mean much after a couple of generations at the most anyway.

 

[Rumpel]

So far:

2 x it is a good tradition
1 x it is NOT a good tradition

 

[Rumpel]

Most gravestones become anonymous and don't mean much after a couple of generations at the most anyway.

Well, some do and some don't.

 

[watsup]

Well, some do and some don't.

Most don’t. Very few do unless they have some claims to fame. Most are simply forgotten after a couple of generations.

 

[Rumpel]

Most are simply forgotten after a couple of generations.

That is not the question.
The question is: Decorating graves with flowers and visiting graves

 

[watsup]

That is not the question.
The question is: Decorating graves with flowers and visiting graves

No graves, no need for flowers. Problem solved.

 

[Rumpel]

Problem solved.

I do not see any problem here.
I like the look of village grave-yards arounf All Saints's Day - full of beautiful flowers and lanterns.

 

[Noodlegawd]

If it give comfort to those who have lost people, I guess it's a good thing.

 

[Rumpel]

If it give comfort to those who have lost people, I guess it's a good thing.

That's my feeling exactly!

 

[Valery]

It is not recommended in Islam.

 

[Rumpel]

It is not recommended in Islam.

So, isn't it.
I think, we can live with that.

 

[Kiwimac]

It is not recommended in Islam.

In SUNNI Islam.

 

[Valery]

In SUNNI Islam.

There is just one Islam. It's called Islam.

 

[Kiwimac]

There is just one Islam. It's called Islam.

Not according to some and moreover not according to action. Both Shi'a and Sufi Muslims visit graves and pray to saints. But you knew that.

 

[nota bene]

What do you think of that traditon?

I don't like the word "decorating" because, to me, it trivializes the remembrance.

 

[Rumpel]

I don't like the word "decorating" because, to me, it trivializes the remembrance.

What better word would you suggest?
I had the German word "schmücken" in mind. And "schmücken" is not trivial für me.

 

[Rumpel]

Not according to some and moreover not according to action. Both Shi'a and Sufi Muslims visit graves and pray to saints. But you knew that.

I thought so!

 

[bongsaway]

I think it helps the living much more than the dead.

 

[Rumpel]

There is just one Islam. It's called Islam.

You are wrong! Very wrong! And you surely know that you are wrong.

 

[Rumpel]

It is not recommended in Islam.

As it turns out, you are quite wrong.
Go away and study your own religion better - if indeed it is your religion.

 

[Rumpel]

I don't like the word "decorating" because, to me, it trivializes the remembrance.

Would you say that planting beautiful flowers is "trivializing"? NOT FOR ME!