Cremation Rates . . . 5.7% to 57.5%

Here is one of the most interesting cultural shifts in the last 40 years. Cremation rates exploded from 5.7% to 57.5%, and this vision for burning up human bodies was let loose on the Western world in the 1880s by a Druid high priest from Wales. This makes for an ideal study of human culture and worldview because culture is religion externalized. Belief in the resurrection dropped off fast when the materialist worldview came on like a freight train into America and the West. What do you REALLY believe? What you really believe will betray itself in the compendium of choices you make in life . . . your cultural expression.