The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum cremation

This issue has nothing to do with the Regulatory Principle of Worship, which is based on explicit commandments and/or principles. There is no universal commandment to bury the dead nor prohibiting cremation or any other form of disposing of a body. There are many examples in Scripture where the dead are buried. And, there are specific commands from God for specific individuals to be buried, but again, there is no universal commandment to bury the dead which is binding upon all men everywhere nor upon the saints in particular. Burial is most desirable for many of the reasons given in the articles linked to etc..... But as I have previously written, there are circumstances which would prohibit burial. Regardless of how a body of a believer is disposed of none have any affect upon that person's glorification and the receiving of a new spiritual body.

We are enjoined to dress modestly as befits we being saints and ambassadors of God. But there is are no specific regulations which would prohibit someone from wearing a plaid shirt, a brown pair of shoes, a red tie or demanding that a man always wear a suit or a woman a full-length dress in public. . . . Adiaphora is the key word to be considered. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

If there is such a universal commandment to bury the dead in Scripture, I would appreciate it if you could point me to it. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

In His grace,