2007-07-13 05:13:15 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ummm....what?
2007-07-13 05:15:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a stated prohibition, not in so many words.
However, the biblical tradition is to follow the example of the patriarchs and matriarchs. Those folks buried their dead. Even in cases when individuals were killed by a 'heavenly fire', the remains were buried.
There is a strong commandment, however, not to pass one's child thru the fire of Molech. This was a pagan ritual by which children were sacrificed and incinerated on an altar. Such a practice carried the death penalty. This is the closest thing to a stated prohibition against cremation.
2007-07-13 12:20:42 · answer #2 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sure this is true for Catholics and maybe even for Christianity in general, but the answer to your question is not directly in the bible that I can remember however from what I remember after the End of Days occurs, with the second coming of Jesus Christ all of the "saved" people, be they dead or alive will be welcomed into the "kingdom of heaven" as living, breathing persons for time eternal, ie. immortal beings as we once lived according to the book of genesis. With that being said, according to the Catholic church cremation is forbidden because then you would have no body to return to. I have answered this striclty from memory so if anyone else out there has research availabile that may be more helpful but at least this should get you pointed in the right direction!
2007-07-13 12:30:32 · answer #3 · answered by cptkosmik 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said that he could call up sons of Abraham from the stones. Cremation is usually used as a way to prevent resurrection...silly people!
You get resurrected if eaten by sharks, devoured by dogs, blasted by photon torpedoes, or incinerated in a cremation chamber. It doesn't matter and the Bible makes no differentiation anywhere in scripture.
The above reference to Canaanite child sacrifice decrys the death of an innocent as a sacrifice, not the means of that sacrifice.
2007-07-13 12:21:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but traditionally Christians do not cremate the dead. Cremation is looked upon as being a heathen practice. I even had a teacher that said if the body is cremated the soul will not reach heaven. I am of the opinion that it's your body, your wishes. You want to have your corpse buried, that's fine. You want it burned to ash and scattered, that's fine too.
2007-07-13 13:34:59 · answer #5 · answered by The Pope 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so.
In the past, Roman Catholicism forbade cremation because people who opted for it usually did so out of anti-Christian feelings. Specifically, they were declaring through cremation of their bodies that they did not believe in life after death.
Most people don't opt for cremation for that reason, though, and that's why (contrary to common belief) the Catholic Church has no prohibitions against cremation anymore.
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2007-07-13 12:18:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so.
I think incineration is a better and healthier to get rid of rotten carcasses than burying them in a 5000$ cemetery plot.
2007-07-13 12:16:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not know but even if there is we have to question it. As far as I know a HUMAN or HUMANS wrote the bible, HUMANS make mistakes we only have to look at CNN and FOX news to realize how the truth gets stretched beyond reality.
2007-07-13 12:18:26 · answer #8 · answered by Terry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing that I know of.
2007-07-13 12:18:21 · answer #9 · answered by Bye Bye 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you mean cremation?
I don't think so....
2007-07-13 12:16:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋