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Was just reading the linked article regarding whether or not cremation is an option for believers. My personal belief is that if God can create DNA and the atom, He can surely put these bodies back together at the resurrection. Not saying cremation is my first choice, but it does have its merits, particularly from a cost perspective.www.faithnews.cc/?p=26104 “Hell will be filled with people that didn’t cuss, didn’t drink, and may even have been baptized. Why? Because none of those things makes someone a Christian.”

ashes to ashes and dust to dust

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One of my favorite non-scripture scriptures

One of my favorite non-scripture scriptures jk, but I think that old saying derives from the fact that so many early Christians were burnt. I too prefer traditional burial, but cremation is not prohibited so I think its fine, especially if it lessens the burden of a difficult time. The true is there is nothing traditional about the embalming methods used today. As Funeral Directors say, if you weren't dead before embalming you will be afterwards. Traditional burial would be to wash the body, rap it in a shroud and bury it within 24 hours. Does it count if you bury the cremains in the ground? What about those people who are embalmed and placed in a mausoleum? Are they really laid to rest.By the way, cremation is not just putting the body in a furnace. The second step after the furnace is to place the ashes and bones in a processor (grinder). The family is given a box of ashes and told it is their loved one. That depends on how well they cleaned the grinder between guests. All this makes being placed in an unmarked grave without embalming sound good to me.

I have often thought if people saw death as it really is, and had to personally place their loved ones in the grave, there would be a greater understanding of the importance of the resurrection. How often do we preachers ask those who attend funerals to accept Christ as their Savior, only to see the confess of the moment last only as long as they saw the dead body. After the funeral, in most cases, they walk away from Jesus like they walk away from the grave.

I have often thought if people saw death as it really is, and had to personally place their loved ones in the grave, there would be a greater understanding of the importance of the resurrection. How often do we preachers ask those who attend funerals to accept Christ as their Savior, only to see the confess of the moment last only as long as they saw the dead body. After the funeral, in most cases, they walk away from Jesus like they walk away from the grave.Mat

There are no doubt Christians who have been eaten by wild animals...one piece with this animal, another with that one, etc.... God's going to resurrect believers no matter what. NO. MATTER. WHAT.The problem with funerals is that they are often thrown together in moments of deep emotional concern. If your loved one dies, you are going to want to give them the best funeral you can...even if, in a quieter moment, you would not have dared spend so much money.I am for cremation, for the most part. For one thing (and this sound a bit silly, but it's a fact), in the grave yard at Moore's Chapel in Cleveland, TN, an every increasing number of Scotts and their kin are buried there. In fact, there is no more room beside in the part of the graveyard where they are buried. But with cremation...it's really about as simple as a coffee can (SMILE)...and post hole diggers...in order to be buried alongside my loved ones.

One of my favorite non-scripture scriptures jk, but I think that old saying derives from the fact that so many early Christians were burnt. I too prefer traditional burial, but cremation is not prohibited so I think its fine, especially if it lessens the burden of a difficult time. Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

I think of the untold numbers who were basically vaporized during the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan. If God can resurrect them,and I firmly believe He will, cremation is not that big of a deal. The issues lie with has become normal practice in our country, that of embalming and burial. The times they are a changing however “Hell will be filled with people that didn’t cuss, didn’t drink, and may even have been baptized. Why? Because none of those things makes someone a Christian.”