Is Cremation Wrong For Christians?

[marezee]

Sister. Brother Glenn may be confusing you. He is attempting to teach you his personal views on the Formation of doctrine.

i know the Bible doesn't contain every answer to life and death. I hope no one wants to confuse anyone here.

 

[marezee]

My sister;
I understand your desire to have Biblical answers. I look towards Scripture too as one of two primary sources of revelation (The second Being Jesus Christ the image of the Father)

Some here seem to bristle that others look towards Scripture and expect to find answers therein. Others here like me look to Scriptures first everytime.

To answer your question I am not aware of anything in Scripture that supports Cremation, nor am I aware of anything that forbids it. However I can ask a friend of mine who is an Anglican Priest who may have a little more information to share with you.

Thank you for that!!

 

[gtsecc]

Sister. Brother Glenn may be confusing you. He is attempting to teach you his personal views on the Formation of doctrine.

? They are in line with the views held for 2,000 years, if you differ, then you are differing from the Church, not me. But, don't make it personal, just show how my views are not those held by the Church for 2,000 years.

 

[marezee]

The problem with cremation is that it is rather...Gnostic/Manichean in its original intent.

The body is good and natural part of our complete being, not an evil shell that holds surrender our self. To burn it as if it were something of no consequence seems to reject our Christian understanding that the physical isn't evil or an illusion but benevolent, complete, and real.

Of course, that isn't the reason why today humans practice cremation, although I still take some issue to it. However, the fact that people are sadly sometimes killed by fire, acid, or some other dissolvent shouldn't be a barrier either. True, those things are involuntary, but the effect remains the same.

Not to mention that the body will naturally decay anyway, reducing even bones into dust.

I suppose the question is this: are you denying your complete being if you choose to be cremated? I err on yes but I don't deny exceptions that could possibly exist to the rule. I find it disturbing that someone who simply choice to burn away part of who they are. Yes, your body would eventually become dust, but why hasten the process? Are we so abhorent of death that it has become so unsightly? It is a natural part of life, and in order to live a truly human existence, we need a physical form, and I cannot reject mine.

When I die, I hope to simply have my body thrown into a shallow grave. No box, no urn.

are we really rejecting our bodies if we are cremated? perhaps it is a financial issue. isn't cremation less expensive?

 

[No Swansong]

? They are in line with the views held for 2,000 years, if you differ, then you are differing from the Church, not me. But, don't make it personal, just show how my views are not those held by the Church for 2,000 years.

Glen she just asked if anyone was aware of any Scriptural support for Cremation. Your confrontational manner of answering her question was hardly charitable.

 

[marezee]

Glen she just asked if anyone was aware of any Scriptural support for Cremation. Your confrontational manner of answering her question was hardly charitable.

thank you jtbdad! but i wasn't offended. i know people here have strong opinions. and i hope i didn't offend anyone either!

 

[PaladinValer]

are we really rejecting our bodies if we are cremated? perhaps it is a financial issue. isn't cremation less expensive?

Should money be an excuse though for potentially poor theology?

In addition, how about having no box? That would save tons of money.

 

[marezee]

Should money be an excuse though for potentially poor theology?

In addition, how about having no box? That would save tons of money.

that's true. no box would be less. poor theology has nothing to do with being poor.

 

[No Swansong]

Should money be an excuse though for potentially poor theology?

In addition, how about having no box? That would save tons of money.

But not legal in most of the United States I know I worked in the industry.

 

[gtsecc]

Glen she just asked if anyone was aware of any Scriptural support for Cremation. Your confrontational manner of answering her question was hardly charitable.

Confrontational?
I have on a baseball cap, a t-shirt, and a beer. How could I be any more non threatening? I even used the words, "please don't take offense." Do you think it would help if I changed to something like a baby deer avatar?

 

[marezee]

Confrontational?
I have on a baseball cap, a t-shirt, and a beer. How could I be any more non threatening? I even used the words, "please don't take offense." Do you think it would help if I changed to something like a baby deer avatar?

too funny!

 

[PaladinValer]

But not legal in most of the United States I know I worked in the industry.

The point being, there are ways to cheapen a burial.

Still, I'd still rather have a shallow grave and no box.

 

[No Swansong]

If it was not intended to confrontational then I offer my apologies however with your experience you must realize why someone who attends a Baptist Church would expect to find an answer in the Bible. It seemed to me with that in mind that your question was disingenuous and intended to open a discussion or debate about the formation of doctrine.

 

[marezee]

If it was not intended to confrontational then I offer my apologies however with your experience you must realize why someone who attends a Baptist Church would expect to find an answer in the Bible. It seemed to me with that in mind that your question was disingenuous and intended to open a discussion or debate about the formation of doctrine.

which is clearly what i did not want to do...sorry

 

[longhair75]

My beloved Sunflower and I will be cremated. Our ashes will be mixed in a double sized urn engraved:

Mixed in each other's arms
And Heart in Heart

Why did they not then die?
They, who had lived too long

That an hour come
To bid them breathe apart.

 

[gtsecc]

you must realize why someone who attends a Baptist Church

I have no idea why anyone would attend a Baptist Church. Although I did for a few years out of nessecity to be with some people who needed to go somewhere, and that is where we we offered a place to worship.

 

[marezee]

I have no idea why anyone would attend a Baptist Church. Although I did for a few years out of nessecity to be with some people who needed to go somewhere, and that is where we we offered a place to worship.

It's called Temple Baptist Church, but we're not baptist. It's non-denominational. i know it's confusing!

 

[No Swansong]

I have no idea why anyone would attend a Baptist Church. Although I did for a few years out of nessecity to be with some people who needed to go somewhere, and that is where we we offered a place to worship.

Actually I have heard the same said about Orthodox Churches, Episcopalian Churches, and Methodist Churches. I enjoy a good baptist preacher myself.

 

[rainbowpromises]

my mistake

 

[karen freeinchristman]

My beloved Sunflower and I will be cremated. Our ashes will be mixed in a double sized urn engraved:

Mixed in each other's arms
And Heart in Heart

Why did they not then die?
They, who had lived too long

That an hour come
To bid them breathe apart.

that's lovely.


Myself, I would prefer to be buried without any box, like PV, but not for the same reasons. I think it is fine to be cremated as a Christian, theologically.