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<blockquote data-quote="ViaCrucis" data-source="post: 74056272" data-attributes="member: 293637"><p>The Christian doctrine of the resurrection doesn't involve a mere resuscitation of the body, but involves a transfiguration of the body. The ancients were well aware that bodies decompose, and that frequently people meet their end through loss of limbs, or being eaten by wild beasts, etc. Our Scriptures say, "All are from the dust, and to dust all return" and also "you are dust, and to dust you shall return."</p><p></p><p>When St. Paul speaks of the resurrection, he contrasts the resurrection body with the present body by speaking of how the present body is mortal and corruptible, whereas the resurrection body is immortal and incorruptible. That word "corruptible" (and its antonym) in Greek is literally, "able to decay", "rotting".</p><p></p><p>So, fundamentally, whether the body is together and decomposes, or is burned, or is the food of wild beasts, or, say, if one donates some organs to science (so on and so forth), it doesn't really matter. Resurrection isn't zombies poking out through the dirt, but a restoration and transformation of bodily life.</p><p></p><p>Historically Christians have preferred burial out of our conviction for the resurrection of the body, but there is no sense in that if the body is not whole and buried that resurrection is somehow not possible. That's just not how resurrection is understood in the Christian religion.</p><p></p><p>On the one hand it is the resurrection of the body, so it is our body being raised; and on the other hand it's not some mere resuscitation, it's a lot more than that. </p><p></p><p>That's why opinion on the subject is varied, the question really boils down to what we want to say in our death; it's nothing to do with what God is able to do in the resurrection. </p><p></p><p>Both my parents chose to be cremated, but I have every hope in their resurrection.</p><p></p><p>If I had it my way I'd be dumped in a hole in the ground, with just a simple grave marker with the Latin word <em>resurgam </em>("I will rise again") on it. However, I'm also an organ donor. I don't see any conflict in any of these things.</p><p></p><p>-CryptoLutheran</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ViaCrucis, post: 74056272, member: 293637"] The Christian doctrine of the resurrection doesn't involve a mere resuscitation of the body, but involves a transfiguration of the body. The ancients were well aware that bodies decompose, and that frequently people meet their end through loss of limbs, or being eaten by wild beasts, etc. Our Scriptures say, "All are from the dust, and to dust all return" and also "you are dust, and to dust you shall return." When St. Paul speaks of the resurrection, he contrasts the resurrection body with the present body by speaking of how the present body is mortal and corruptible, whereas the resurrection body is immortal and incorruptible. That word "corruptible" (and its antonym) in Greek is literally, "able to decay", "rotting". So, fundamentally, whether the body is together and decomposes, or is burned, or is the food of wild beasts, or, say, if one donates some organs to science (so on and so forth), it doesn't really matter. Resurrection isn't zombies poking out through the dirt, but a restoration and transformation of bodily life. Historically Christians have preferred burial out of our conviction for the resurrection of the body, but there is no sense in that if the body is not whole and buried that resurrection is somehow not possible. That's just not how resurrection is understood in the Christian religion. On the one hand it is the resurrection of the body, so it is our body being raised; and on the other hand it's not some mere resuscitation, it's a lot more than that. That's why opinion on the subject is varied, the question really boils down to what we want to say in our death; it's nothing to do with what God is able to do in the resurrection. Both my parents chose to be cremated, but I have every hope in their resurrection. If I had it my way I'd be dumped in a hole in the ground, with just a simple grave marker with the Latin word [I]resurgam [/I]("I will rise again") on it. However, I'm also an organ donor. I don't see any conflict in any of these things. -CryptoLutheran [/QUOTE]
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