Devout NT Believers Bury Their Own

[Earth Wind and Fire]

I have thought about this for years

Historically, my position has been against cremation because at a fundamental level it denies the resurrection and promulgates violence against the human body created in the image of God.

The body goes back to its form , dust and clay/dirt…it decomposes

 

[Scripture More Accurately]

I have thought about this for years

Historically, my position has been against cremation because at a fundamental level it denies the resurrection and promulgates violence against the human body created in the image of God.

You are absolutely correct that cremation is an intentional desecration of the physical bodies that God made for His glory. In the material universe, there isn't anything else that God has created that even remotely compares to the glory of the physical body (Ps. 139:14). Holding that upon death the physical body becomes a worthless "shell" to be disposed of however it suits the fancy of people is utterly contrary to the entire tenor of the Bible from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21.

What a horrifically contradictory message it is that people whom God has saved from the fires of hell are free to use fire to destroy the bodies of His people.

 

[Silverhair]

You are absolutely correct that cremation is an intentional desecration of the physical bodies that God made for His glory. In the material universe, there isn't anything else that God has created that even remotely compares to the glory of the physical body (Ps. 139:14). Holding that upon death the physical body becomes a worthless "shell" to be disposed of however it suits the fancy of people is utterly contrary to the entire tenor of the Bible from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21.

What a horrifically contradictory message it is that people whom God has saved from the fires of hell are free to use fire to destroy the bodies of His people.

Still not biblical text just your unsupported opinion.

The only verse that I see which comes close is
Mat 10:28 "And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

So we see that the body and the soul are distinct man can kill/destroy the body but only God can destroy both.