I talked with a local funeral director and he said that almost 50% of people are being cremated now. In some countries almost 100% of the people are being cremated. The Bible doesn't say anything for or against cremation. Because we are created in the image of God it seems only fitting that the body of a deceased person be treated with dignity and respect. In Genesis we are told that God told Adam that because of sin “you will return to the ground for out of it you were taken; For dust you are and to dust you shall return.” Whether it is by burial or cremation this body will return to dust. The promise for the believer is that the moment our spirit leaves this body we go to be in the presence of the Lord.
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