Christians and Cremation What think Ye?

[HeavenlyOne]

Originally Posted by ChTatum

Interesting.

Note for future reference:
Titus2mom does not care about Biblical precedent.

You have to also believe that about me then, because I feel about my death and caring of my body the same way she does.

Donate what organs I'm able to give to someone else, and burn the rest. This body is corruptable and it's not what I really am anyway, but just a shell that I reside in until my spirit goes back to the One who gave it.

[RandyWayne]

And if you DO donate your organs, what then? If the body is somehow regenerated while the organ recipients are still alive, does that mean they will vanish out of their bodies?

[RevDWW]

Originally Posted by Felicity

This is pretty much the "bare bones" of the matter. LOL!

[Blubayou]

I had an uncle that was cremated. When his family went to scatter his ashes in a park by a lake, the duck came up and ate the ashes!!!!!

[ChristopherHall]

I see no issue with cremation. A Biblical burial wouldn't have embalming, that was primarily an Egyptian practice. Also Biblically people were buried in family tombs. The custom typically had the body placed in the tomb to decompose for a year. Then the family would re-enter the tomb and take the bones and decomposed remains and place them in an ossuary. The ossuary was then buried in the floor or placed in a compartment in the wall with the ossuaries containing the remains of their fathers. The ossuaries looked something like this,



Cremation only expedites the process of decomposition by using heat to break down the body. Then the remains are refined and placed in an urn,



Both ossuaries and urns are often stored reverently or kept on family property. The practice of cremation has a greater likeness to the Biblical practice in my opinion.

I really like the urn above. I have told my wife I desire my remains to be stored in something much like that seen above or placed in a columbarium.