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What ancient religions opposed cremation - ✔️✔️Judaism and Christianity
What ancient societies and religions embraced cremation - ✔️✔️Indians (Hinduism), Greeks,
Romans, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persions, and Thracians
When did cremation lose its dominance in the West - ✔️✔️"With the rise of Christianity, First
Century C.E"
Where and why was cremation first practiced - ✔️✔️We don't know, however, cremation seems to
have been a standard practice for the ancients with the exception of the Egyptians, the Chinese, and
the Hebrews
When did modern cremation begin - ✔️✔️Late 19th Century
Who invented the first modern retort - ✔️✔️Dr. Francis Julius LeMoyne
How did the ancients practice cremation - ✔️✔️Publicly on a crude outdoor pyre
Docetism maintained Jesus consisted of pure spirit and only appeared to have a material body. -
✔️✔️True
Docetism maintained that Jesus was a prophet with a body consisting of flesh and blood like
ordinary men. - ✔️✔️False
Branded as heretics by the early Church for their beliefs in a stark dualism between spirit and
matter. - ✔️✔️Docetism
Cremationists countered arguments against cremation made by resurrectionists by spiritualizing the
resurrection, and in essence reviving Docetism, - ✔️✔️True
Resurrectionists supported cremation - ✔️✔️False
, Which crematory paved the way for the West Coast revolution in the American way of cremation? -
✔️✔️Odd Fellows Crematory
The period from 1896 to 1963 when crematories mused about building the perfect crematory and
columbarium. - ✔️✔️The Bricks and Mortar Period
Which of the following were crematory heat sources during the Bricks and Mortar Period?
1. coal
2. oil
3. gasoline
4. kerosine
5. electricity - ✔️✔️1, 2, & 5
Why did Herb Hargrave suggest the act of cremation should be considered a means to the beauties
of the columbarium?
1. To compete with cemetery based crematories
2. To sell prospective cremation families not on the retort but the niche
3. To compete with undertakers - ✔️✔️1 & 2
Which national cemetery foreshadowed the modern development of funeral personalization in the
1930s by encouraging families to decorate cremation niches with flowers and photographs of the
deceased? - ✔️✔️Chicago's Bohemian National Cemetery
In the first few decades of the 20th Century, which group creatively combined Hinduism and Islam
and gave cremation a boost? - ✔️✔️Sikh immigrants
In the Sikh culture, who would push the retort button to commence cremation? - ✔️✔️The closest
relative
Which of the following groups supported cremation during the Bricks and Mortar Period?
1. physicians
2. scholars
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