“It’s one thing for a body to turn to dust by the passage of time, quite another to deliberately turn a body to dust.”
OK, since we aren’t going to discuss actual scripture, what about Christian contagious plague victims who were cremated to prevent spread of nasty pathogens?
Since God did a good job telling us what we could and could not eat, I would think he would have been similarly explicit with instructions if preservation of the deceased’s physical body is so important.
I’m sorry, I can’t agree that God prohibits cremation based upon some extrapolation and Christian teachings that can’t be backed up by scriptural reference.
I respect your belief but cannot agree with it.
Show me where Scripture permits cremation.