In January, Father Franz Schmidberger responded to a certain Peter Kießl, who in the Straubinger Tagblatt (20 January) argued in favour of cremation "for the sake of the groundwater" calling for "higher fees" for burials in the earth, because they cause drugs to enter the groundwater:
The statements on cremation made by Mr. Kießl deserve to be strongly contradicted.
Since most of the drugs used by young and old end up in the groundwater anyway, his considerations would imply that supplying drugs to people should be stopped altogether.
In addition, in keeping with Kiessl's reasoning, a tax should be imposed on cremation for the increased CO2 emissions.
But let us look deeper: Both, the human body and the soul belong to the person. They reunite on the Day of Judgement for eternal glory, or for the exclusion from it, meaning, for eternal punishment.
Already while a Christian is alive, the body has a share in the sanctification of the soul: the water of baptism flows over the head of the …More