Is creamation a sin? why?

Answer 1

Dear Love is...

Creamation is not a sin. Although it is often associated with Eastern religions.

No where in the Bible is creamation condemned (nor even mentioned).

However as a believer i do think that you do have to consider those who will be grieving at your funeral. i personally would not get creamated because i think it would be painful for my mother, future wife and children, and friends to see my body being burned. And i also would not want to be kept in an urn and have people worshipping or building shrines to me (which is often the custom in my Chinese culture).

However, others have told me that creamation is cheaper than burial and so they are thinking of their family in that regards.

i don't think either way is right/wrong, but just that for me as a believer i think you have a responsibility to think of others- and creamation wouldn't be the way for me cuz of the reasons listed previously.

Hope that helps,

Nickster

Answer 2

There was a time when cremation was still considered a flagrant rejection of the Christian belief in immortality and the resurrection, but as long as there is no denial of the resurrection of the body, then cremation is ok.

"Cremation was the normal custom in the ancient civilized world, except in Egypt, Judea and China. It was repugnant to early Christians because of the belief in the resurrection of the body. By the fifth century, cremation had been largely abandoned in the Roman Empire because of Christian influence."


These days, cremation has become more common in the United States among persons of various denominations. The Cremation Association of North America (CANA) estimates that out of roughly 2.6 million deaths each year, there are some 471,000 cremations, or about 20 percent. By the year 2010, the association predicts, cremations will account for almost 33 percent of funeral planning. Currently, California far outstrips the nation with 93,221 cremations reported in 1994. CANA says there 1,100 crematories in the United States.

Answer 3

I don't think it's a sin. This is coming from a Mormon point of view. I know we had a tradition of traditional burials, but they are getting so expensive, and I believe that the Resurrection covers everyone and everything no matter where the earthly remains have ended up. After all, so many soldiers and sailors have died at sea. It's nice to think that everyone will be standing in a grassy cemetery just before the Resurrection, but that doesn't mean everyone needs to be buried. My grandfather was cremated when he died, and my grandma said she talked to a Mormon bishop who said the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints understands that the world is changing, and we need to be sensitive to the needs of everyone and not expect people to have to pay thousands of dollars for a funeral. I believe that God and Jesus Christ have worked out a system from thousands of years ago, that everyone's DNA will be accounted for, and we need to stop stressing about how everyone is buried.

Answer 4

Someone at my church thinks it is a sin. They use a verse mentioning that the body was not meant for flame...but I can't find the verse. It is in the Old testament. I did read that verse a long time ago, but I felt the verse was talking about hell. (The body wasn't meant to burn in hell originally)

Besides, all that.... I don't believe cremation is a sin, but I will want a bodial burial. The reason is that when Jesus returns, it speaks of bodies being reuinited with our souls.

Yes, there will be those that have died in fires...and God will reunite them with their perfected bodies, but I would like to have my body as fully intact as possible. Sure, I may only have bones left when Jesus returns, but that is how I'd like to be buried.

Answer 5

Moscow is running out of cemetary space.

Cremation remains a sin because man falls asleep in the Lord upon death. While the physical body may be dead, the spiritual body is in a state of sleep awaiting the resurrection.

If a person's physical body is cremated and destroyed, the spiritual body loses its home and becomes a vagabond for the Devil to ensnare.

Answer 6

nope....if jesus can re-generate those that have been dead for decades which at that point are more than likely dust already then creamated bodies won't be a problem either. i have heard some religious groups won't support organ donation as they think that christ won't be able to re-generate them then either. i don't think christ is limited in that way.

Answer 7

In some religions and churches it was looked down upon for a while. Now they don't mind and it is not a sin.

Answer 8

Burrial is certainly the Bible teaching.
God commanded that man would return to dust
Abraham buried his dead,, and is the father of all who believe by faith
God buried Moses
God's Son was burried.
Burial is done by the church in light of the ressurection.
Cremation in the Bible was done for criminals so that there would be no rememberance of them anywhere on hte face of the earth.

Answer 9

I do not think its a sin, but it was a way to dispose of the bodies of undesirable people in the bible days.

Answer 10

No. If Jesus comes back and literally (instead of figuratively) brings the dead back to life, do you REALLY think he needs the bones and decayed traces of flesh to reconstruct the body? Not at all.