Guys, I’m just curious and wondering about other’s thoughts about cremation as far as the belief in Christian resurrection.
I’ve looked and tried my best to research it, and I can’t seem to find anything that supports nor condemns cremation.
Only places I have found , deals with king Saul and the bodies of his sons , who were killed in battle…
There bodies were retrieved and then cremated because the bodies were mutilated…
The other was achan and his family (he was looting when it was specified no looting was allowed after the destruction of jerhicho).
I can’t find any information that supports nor condemns it.
I guess if GOD can make a man out of the dirt, he’d have no problem restoring an individual from ashes.

Nothing forbids it or says it is a sin. HE will raise your Soul no matter how decomposed the body . You came from dust , and to dust you will return. The Soul lives forever.

What Oleo said.
Genesis 3: 19 to dust you shall return. Rom 14:23 do all things in faith.

I believe this

the Catholics were opposed to it until maybe 20 years ago

they then decided that cremation and burial of the cremains on sacred ground was sufficient , they were running out of ground

don't want you spread at your favorite fishing hole.

seems like the best idea to me cremation , it runs 995 plus a 250 dollar cremation license here and that depends on county. then they get you for removing the body from your house , transport , expect it to be way to expensive all the way around.

I still think it would have been a great business to go into. Watch the Mortician on MAX. Personally, I'm getting cremated. I believe a young industrious person could make money advertising to have ashes shipped to them, go make a nice video with funeral music in the back ground dumping ashes in a flowing stream or other outdoor scene. Send the video back to the family and charge them an arm and a leg.

^^^ doesn’t get much more morbid than that lol

Cremation seems less gross than being posed in a casket.

Keith

The vision of dry bones which were scattered all over were brought back together. Implying future restoration of Israel.
God must know where every bone is and where it fits. Don't you think God kills two birds with one stone? I mean if a bear eats you, then the bear gets a meal and you get to wear that fur coat you always wanted.

Support your local taxidermist and have grandma stuffed and you can stand her in a corner. You could have your own in house work done here, Smasho needs the experience.

Maybe mummified would be the way to keep dear old mummy ! It would at least give the Mark Twain's something to write about.

Cryonics might be the way to go if you have some trusted friends to be sure and keep the freezer plugged in. Maintenance could be expensive, but hey death and taxes are sure and they both are going to cost you, lol !

Agree on Catholic position above.

My kids are under strict orders to have the Priest bless a brush pile on my place, throw my body on the brush pile and then burn the brush pile.

Play Freebird while lighting.

Brush pile sounds good , but sooner or later them bones gotta be ground up. Unless you want the critters to just drag them off , lol .

As far as I am concerned there is nothing against it in the Bible

When I go they can salvage what they can and burn the rest.
I will have no further need for it, nor will I care.

If you believe God created the universe then it is no problem for Him to round up some ashes to put you back together

my outdoor wood burner had done a great job geting rid of things. my German Shepherdas last winter when the ground was frozen for example.

I guess if you don't mind more wood ash than human ash and can make it legal with the state. I can toss you all in for $699 and the Amazon box I put the ashes in I will throw in for free.

BTLowry said it as did others. Even the sea will give up its dead. they are just silt on the ocean floor in short order depending on the depth.

It's just high speed Dust to Dust.

The Jews had rules/,traditions about how bodies are handled.

Really the only relevant things for Christians would be honor your father and mother and don't create idols so do what they ask and don't turn the urn into a shrine

Being pumped full of chemicals so look good makes no sense like said dust to dust we took up enough space on this planet already give the next guy some elbow room!

oh dude , the paper work around death is nuts

my wife passed at 11:15 to 11:20 at 12:47 they got a declared time of death.
there are rules about everything , don't die in the shirt you wanted to pass on to your kids , you can not have the garments a person died in back or if you do make sure they get it off you before the funeral home shows up.
only funeral home staff licensed can move bodies

the county issues a cremation license and it defines the crematorium

$$$
at every step of the way everyone has their hand out well sort of , the funeral home compiles it all and you write one check

also you don't burn down to ash , what is left is mostly bone , they don't actually burn , they get really brittle , then they run you through a grinder and if you intended some of the ashes to go into something other than the ern and they have lots of options , they have to grind you a few times. so you don't have bigger chunks of bone.

the check I wrote to the funeral home for all of it was $6157.00 that was taxes , oh yeah sales tax on top of all the other taxes. that was with the discount for not making them wait for the insurance company to pay.

then you get to start mailing death certificates places , the paperwork seems endless and I know how much she got ready for me to simplify this all.

I might get Taxidermied.
pre pay...I want the cheapest