Re: Burial and Cremation

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Message written by

Craig
August 26, 2008 at 09:44:59:

In Reply to
Re: Burial and Cremation
posted by Joseph
August 25, 2008 at 11:23:48:

Hello Joseph,
You wrote,
No matter whether that body is found as bones or ashes, God is capable of bringing it back. If that really is the plan.
Actually, in Christian theology the Apostle Paul refers to "glorified bodies," not the bodies people had on the Earth plane. There was a controversy in the church at Corinth over the resurrection. People were saying it was impossible because the body clearly dissolves into the earth, so it couldn't revive. Paul explains in I Corinthians 15:50 that the Earth body isn't what's resurrected. The believer has a glorified body. The perishable Earthly body couldn't live in the imperishable heaven.
The chemical process that occurs in cremation simply speeds up the normal process of deterioration that would occur as the body deteriorated over time. An explosion that obliterates the body is also a fine method of deteriorating the body.
Christian theology doesn't suggest the body a person had on Earth is reconstituted into a body of flesh at the resurrection.
Outside of Christian theology, we know from the descriptions of the next plane of life given by those living there that they have a body that vibrates on that plane just as our body vibrates in harmony with this plane. It is the etheric or astral body or whatever you want to call it, but it's as real and solid as the body we have on the Earth plane, but solid on that next plane. It is younger for people who die in old age, and with no blemishes, deformities, or disease.
Don't worry about what happens to the Earth body, any more than you would worry about the overcoat you had when you were 12 years old. Where is it now? Who cares? Does it matter if it's in a landfill or someone burned it in a waste burner?
The body means as little, and how it's disposed of doesn't matter.
Love and peace, Craig

: However, I think there is a more important concern. What can we do with our bodies to better help the environment? I'm not entirely certain, but do all those chemicals injected into the dead help or hurt the soil? There may be farmers someday in the future who would appreciate the concern.

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: Hello Joseph, : You wrote, : No matter whether that body is found as bones or ashes, God is capable of bringing it back. If that really is the plan. : Actually, in Christian theology the Apostle Paul refers to "glorified bodies," not the bodies people had on the Earth plane. There was a controversy in the church at Corinth over the resurrection. People were saying it was impossible because the body clearly dissolves into the earth, so it couldn't revive. Paul explains in I Corinthians 15:50 that the Earth body isn't what's resurrected. The believer has a glorified body. The perishable Earthly body couldn't live in the imperishable heaven. : The chemical process that occurs in cremation simply speeds up the normal process of deterioration that would occur as the body deteriorated over time. An explosion that obliterates the body is also a fine method of deteriorating the body. : Christian theology doesn't suggest the body a person had on Earth is reconstituted into a body of flesh at the resurrection. : Outside of Christian theology, we know from the descriptions of the next plane of life given by those living there that they have a body that vibrates on that plane just as our body vibrates in harmony with this plane. It is the etheric or astral body or whatever you want to call it, but it's as real and solid as the body we have on the Earth plane, but solid on that next plane. It is younger for people who die in old age, and with no blemishes, deformities, or disease. : Don't worry about what happens to the Earth body, any more than you would worry about the overcoat you had when you were 12 years old. Where is it now? Who cares? Does it matter if it's in a landfill or someone burned it in a waste burner? : The body means as little, and how it's disposed of doesn't matter. : Love and peace, Craig : : : : : However, I think there is a more important concern. What can we do with our bodies to better help the environment? I'm not entirely certain, but do all those chemicals injected into the dead help or hurt the soil? There may be farmers someday in the future who would appreciate the concern.

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