tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057848876106210255.post2011714381868366863..comments2023-07-03T11:58:26.947+01:00Comments on Friendly Humanist: Life after deathTimothy Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373801153623991221noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057848876106210255.post-9902459728032780222008-09-20T21:19:00.000+01:002008-09-20T21:19:00.000+01:00I'm happy to see that you have another Christian b...I'm happy to see that you have another Christian blogger commenting on your posts. I've enjoyed both yours and his take on the treatment of the body after death.<BR/><BR/>I wonder whether anyone has ever surveyed people about their thoughts on death. I found a reference to a tool <A HREF="http://www.promotingexcellence.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageID=3437" REL="nofollow">here</A> and I think I might, given time, get some results...<BR/><BR/>I think some more party-oriented students might care less about death, but I speculate.Hobbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10718331408625325419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057848876106210255.post-4012788366311117772008-09-19T19:28:00.000+01:002008-09-19T19:28:00.000+01:00I think "attitude" was an impolitic word on my par...I think "attitude" was an impolitic word on my part. "Your position worries me," I should have said.<BR/><BR/>No, I have not been in that cafe. Could you please share something of what you have learned? It sounds like it is important to this issue.<BR/><BR/>For what it's worth, I will reiterate the other anecdotal evidence I have - my first-hand experience. Not only did none of the students in our group seem at all inclined to disrespect (we were there to learn); both of the anatomists who gave us the tour impressed on us the importance of respect while in the anatomy lab.<BR/><BR/>Remember, the supply of donors is already short. Even from a purely pragmatic standpoint, the teachers would, I think, have little patience for students whose behaviour endangered that supply by failing to respect the gravity of the situation while working with the bodies.<BR/><BR/>But that does not speak to their behaviour outside of the lab. Perhaps you can tell us something about that.Timothy Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373801153623991221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057848876106210255.post-35139303307780235592008-09-19T17:40:00.000+01:002008-09-19T17:40:00.000+01:00Attitude yourself, mister :-) You have anecdotal e...Attitude yourself, mister :-) <BR/><BR/>You have anecdotal evidence for respect, I have anecdotal evidence for disrespect. <BR/><BR/>Been in the cafe in St Cuthbert's cemetery recently?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057848876106210255.post-90964229678441773642008-09-19T10:51:00.000+01:002008-09-19T10:51:00.000+01:00Clare, thanks. I have to admit mixed feelings to ...Clare, thanks. I have to admit mixed feelings to the Bodyworlds Exhibition.<BR/><BR/>Berenike, I do not know many medical students. I know a nursing student, who has related to me how very carefully and respectfully the bodies of dead patients are treated.<BR/><BR/>I would expect the reverse of your claim to be closer to the truth: as a society, we are more consistently respectful of the dead now than we once were. In the past, dead criminals and homeless people were effectively considered fair game for anatomists to study. At least, that's how I interpret the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy_Act_of_1832" REL="nofollow">Anatomy Act of 1932</A>, enacted in response to the revolting acts of grave-robbing (and worse) to obtain medical cadavers. The act was repealed in 1984.<BR/><BR/>Your attitude worries me, because it is the sort of belief that would prevent many people from donating their bodies. Do you have any reason to believe that bodies are shown disrespect in the anatomy lab?Timothy Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373801153623991221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057848876106210255.post-16976885170982330322008-09-19T10:31:00.000+01:002008-09-19T10:31:00.000+01:00"Today, the utmost respect is shown to donated bod..."Today, the utmost respect is shown to donated bodies."<BR/><BR/>You friends with many medical students? Go and ask some. I'm sure in the C18 many treated donated bodies with the utmost respect, and I'm equally anecdoctally sure many don't now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057848876106210255.post-43659529229678551752008-09-15T18:17:00.000+01:002008-09-15T18:17:00.000+01:00Congratulations on your first Humanitie column! Th...Congratulations on your first Humanitie column! This reminds me of the Bodyworlds Exhibition where they had preserved human bodies posed to be performing various activities so that you could see the anatomy at work. I never did manage to see it but there was an aoption to donate your body to the project.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18088427065231024499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057848876106210255.post-40915741734076642162008-09-13T22:30:00.000+01:002008-09-13T22:30:00.000+01:00Very interesting and thoughtful! I've posted my ow...Very interesting and thoughtful! I've posted my own reflection from a Christian perspective <A HREF="http://c-orthodoxy.blogspot.com/2008/09/life-and-death.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>It's definitely an issue I need to think about further.Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014885672703727636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057848876106210255.post-46874739912862573612008-09-13T14:17:00.000+01:002008-09-13T14:17:00.000+01:00"Sacredness" is a good choice of word for a lingui..."Sacredness" is a good choice of word for a linguistic humanist. ;)<BR/><BR/>However, I am being flippant as I really enjoyed what you wrote and will now consider what to do with my own body after death.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>ChrisChris Brindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060997991535798622noreply@blogger.com