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Okay I know I know, not the most pleasant of topics, but as a Christian is there a specific way in which we are to have our body treated once we have died? Does the Bible teach on this?
Okay I know I know, not the most pleasant of topics, but as a Christian is there a specific way in which we are to have our body treated once we have died? Does the Bible teach on this?
Nope. Jesus was wrapped a certain way after His crucifixion according to Jewish traditions of the time. Along those lines, Jews have big issues about a dead carcass or body. The act of burying is for sanitation issues while the body decomposes. Cremation is popular for financial reasons. If I'm wrong, please enlighten me.
I don't have a theological preference. Personally, I'd rather be buried, but I'm not against cremation.
I do know that there are some churches that teach that you shouldn't be cremated. I'm not completely sure of the reasons, it has something to do with the rapture and the "dead in Christ will rise first". I think anyways. Anyone can jump right on in and clarify this one.
The Bible says "from dust thou art and to dust thou shall return.".IMO it doesn't matter whether you are buried or cremated you will eventually be dust..You just reach that stage faster by cremation. Besides we really aren't talking about you...We're talking about the body your soul used before it returned to the one who gave it to you.
The Bible says "from dust thou art and to dust thou shall return.".IMO it doesn't matter whether you are buried or cremated you will eventually be dust..You just reach that stage faster by cremation. Besides we really aren't talking about you...We're talking about the body your soul used before it returned to the one who gave it to you.
This leads me to prefer cremation. And my practical nature says why give a funeral home 10k when it can be used to better my children's lives. I am already in Glory, what do I really care anyway? Haleluijah!
I perfer burial,I tease the folks at work when we get on this subject.
I tell them I want a large wake,peach colored flowers colored coordinated with my peach dress, cause that is my color and it goes best with my complexion. Heavy makeup.
Make sure my wrinkles are pulled to the back of my head, and lots of tears!!!
If you feel like you can't cry put a onion in you pocket and rub it under your nose at the right time. I want to really look good for atleast once in my life.
Seriously I want to be buried because I think it brings closure to the family and I hope by that time I have a good testimony and I want a hell fire and brimstone sermon preached.
To me it does not matter what they do to my body, but, since burial is so expensive, and....to provide closure for relatives: I will tell them to cremate the body, then have a private family-only ceremony, where they can scatter, or bury, my ashes on the "back-40" somewhere...
Mix in a little wild flower seed and give me a few shakes
I once thought I'd like to be laid out in a tomb as in the days of antiquity. As I've aged I think cremation makes the most sense. I agree with the scattering of ashes in a "special place". It is illegal I believe to scatter them on public lands. Soooo I guess my family will have to be sneaky . I might actually be able to afford a patch of land and do it on my dirt. Ok as morbid as it sounds I think we all ponder the final dispatch of our remains. We should plan for what makes us feel most at ease, and remove at least that bit of tension from our lives.
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and I want a hell fire and brimstone sermon preached.
LOL! I literally laughed out loud when I read your last line, thefer. I think I'll request that too! Actually, when our son died, I told our pastor to be "VERY evangelistic." He said, "Well, kaykay, you KNOW my heart!" And I guess he did a good job. At our son's memorial service, over 40 teen-agers came forward to give their lives to Christ. (It wasn't fire and brimstone, btw, but I guess given the circumstances, he didn't have to say much.)
Regarding cremation/burial, some years back a certain Bible teacher I respect gave some thoughts about the issue. His take was that burial was preferred because the Jewish people always buried their dead and the pagan cultures were the ones who cremated. He felt this was because burial was considered "more respectful" of the body. I tend to agree, but I guess it's personal preference IMO.
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Anyone can jump right on in and clarify this one. 
Mix in a little wild flower seed and give me a few shakes
. I might actually be able to afford a patch of land and do it on my dirt. Ok as morbid as it sounds I think we all ponder the final dispatch of our remains. We should plan for what makes us feel most at ease, and remove at least that bit of tension from our lives.
