Does the Bible specify if one should be buried or cremated?

Answer 1

No, it doesn't. Either way is perfectly fine, as long as all the ashes are kept together. The Church has a thing against scattering ashes, and against turning them into diamonds to be worn. The idea is to treat the cremated body with as much respect as the buried body.

Also, you're not supposed to get cremated as a challenge to God. You know how it says that Jesus will give us all glorified bodies in heaven? Well if you burn your body to say "Ha! Try to put me back together now, Jesus!" then that is frowned upon.

But cremation is a good choice because it costs less and it takes up less space. I mean, why expend a lot of resources on the dead when they're dead? It makes more sense to use those resources for the living, which is why cremation is a very popular choice nowdays.

God bless.

Answer 2

No. It isn't very specific, but it gives evidences of burial, so obviously that is permissible. Cremation is more advantageous, for obvious reasons, and I believe most christians believe they will receive a newly resurrected body at some point, so a rotted one, will do little to no good in that respect.

Here is some info:

"Without doubt, biblical examples indicate that burial is the preferred method of caring for a corpse. Negatively, the Bible talks about cremating corpses most often in contexts of divine judgment against wickedness (Sodom and Gomorrah; Achan and his family).

We find many positive examples of burial throughout Scripture. Abraham went to a great deal of trouble to buy a cave for burying his beloved wife Sarah (Gen. 23:3-20). Later Isaac and Ishmael buried their father Abraham alongside Sarah in what was to become the family grave for the Old Testament patriarchs and matriarchs. We are told that the LORD Himself buried Moses (Deut. 34:6). Israel’s and Judah’s kings were buried alongside their ancestors. In the New Testament we read of the burial of John the Baptist, of Lazarus and the lad from Nain, of Stephen and of the Lord Jesus. The burial of Jesus was proclaimed by the Old Testament prophets (Isa. 53:9), was prepared for by Mary’s anointing (Matt. 26:12; Mk. 14:18), and was necessary for our redemption (Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 26, QA 41)."

Answer 3

well you never see a case in the Bible of a person being cremated. Always the person is buried.

Answer 4

Not exactly, but in Revelations is says that when Jesus returns the bodies of those who are to enter heaven will rise up from the ground. If you take this literally, you may believe that you need to have your body intact for this to happen - in the Middle Ages, the bodies of those who committed suicide were beheaded in order to prevent them from entering heaven. As if God wouldn't be able to take care of this on His own. Personally, I suspect that after creating all matter in the universe from nothing, putting somebody back together won't pose a major challenge to the Almighty, whether they are headless, in ashes, or in submolecular particles following a nuclear explosion.

Answer 5

I know that Jews are not to be cremated.. not sure why, but I know this one of many reasons WWII was such a horror to the Jews. Check the old testament.

Answer 6

The Church permits cremation, provided that it does not demonstrate a denial of faith in the resurrection of the body.

Answer 7

cremation was an accultic back bround, bible burried:

Genesis 15:15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Genesis 23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 25:9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
Genesis 25:10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
Genesis 35:8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
Genesis 35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
Genesis 35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Joshua 24:33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
Judges 8:32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Luke 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
Acts 2:29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
Acts 5:6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.
Acts 5:9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
Acts 5:10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
Corinthians I 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

Answer 8

What's the difference,, once ur dead u are dead.. Let it be buried or cremated.. You are not going to bring along all those things with you.. So let the dead hv a wish before they die.... May their soul rest in peace.

Answer 9

It really doesn't matter. The Word tells us that even the seas are going to give up their dead. You will be given a new glorified perfect body.

Answer 10

nope...cremation only speeds up the natural process of decomposition while burial take its normal course.