Cremation or buried traditionally?

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toinena

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I want to be buried traditionally. It feels unbiblical to be cremated. But it is just a feeling, and where do I go when I am not certain? The BDF! I know for sure you guys will give me the answer.
 

shrume

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Why do you think it's unbiblical to be cremated?

Personally, I don't think it matters. When the time comes, God will resurrect you no matter what was done with your body.
 

blue_ladybug

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Cremains are nothing but ashes.. We came from ashes, we will return to ashes.. Like Shrume said, God will resurrect us, no matter how we're buried.
 
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whatev

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I want to be buried traditionally. It feels unbiblical to be cremated. But it is just a feeling, and where do I go when I am not certain? The BDF! I know for sure you guys will give me the answer.
I don't think the Bible has anything about proper burial rituals. If it did, can you imagine the price for your own cave, plus the frankincense and myrrh?
 

Nehemiah6

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But it is just a feeling, and where do I go when I am not certain?
Go to the Bible and it will become a certainty.

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. (Acts 8:2)

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death... (Rom 6:4)

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. (1 Cor 15:42-44).

Just as seeds are sown into the ground, Christian bodies are "sown" into the ground, to be raised again at the Resurrection Rapture.

BEWARE: CREMATION IS A PAGAN PRACTICE.
 

blue_ladybug

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Cremation is NOT a pagan practice. Whether we turn to ashes naturally, or through cremation, it makes no difference..
 
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toinena

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Go to the Bible and it will become a certainty.

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. (Acts 8:2)

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death... (Rom 6:4)
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. (1 Cor 15:42-44).

Just as seeds are sown into the ground, Christian bodies are "sown" into the ground, to be raised again at the Resurrection Rapture.

BEWARE: CREMATION IS A PAGAN PRACTICE.
Interesting! It makes sense!
 

OstrichSmiling

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Cremation.
Ecclesiastes 12:7 “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”


 
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Miri

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I know a few Jewish people and traditionally they bury the dead within
24 hours. This was mostly for practical reasons in biblical times
due to the heat and no refrigeration, to put it bluntly.

But it’s since become a tradition.

Remember the story of Lazarus when Jesus told them to open the tomb.
He was told the body would smell as Lazerus had been dead 3 days.
 

tanakh

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Our traditional burials are not 'Biblical' either. To do it the traditional Jewish way you get buried then later when your flesh has rotted away your skeleton is put in a stone bone box and kept on a shelf
 
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toinena

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Jesus couldn't have brought Lazarus back to life if he was cremated....
 
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Miri

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Jesus couldn't have brought Lazarus back to life if he was cremated....

Not sure but I suspect he could. Somehow he renewed a decaying body?
 
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toinena

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Not sure but I suspect he could. Somehow he renewed a decaying body?
True. I think the story is fascinating. Also the way He asked Martha to remove the stone. That puzzles me.
 
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Miri

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True. I think the story is fascinating. Also the way He asked Martha to remove the stone. That puzzles me.
Good point, maybe it was Jesus way of saying to people “trust me”.
 
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I want to be buried traditionally. It feels unbiblical to be cremated. But it is just a feeling, and where do I go when I am not certain? The BDF! I know for sure you guys will give me the answer.
You return to dust anyway....me...pile the wood, throw me on with 30 liters of diesel and light.......