Is it a sin to keep ashes at home?

There’s nothing bad about keeping cremated remains at home. The Vatican issued a statement in 2016 that said a Catholic’s remains should be buried or placed in a cemetery or consecrated place. The Catholic Church specifically banned the scattering of ashes and having the ashes kept at a personal residence.

What religion does not allow cremation?

Of all world religions, Islam is probably the most strongly opposed to cremation. Unlike Judaism and Christianity, there is little diversity of opinion about it. Cremation is considered by Islam to be an unclean practice.

Can God resurrect a body that’s been cremated?

As for whether God can resurrect a body that’s been cremated, that’s no problem whatsoever! Think of all the people incinerated in terrible fires, and all the atoms and molecules and DNA dissipated and reabsorbed into the eco-system over thousands of years. Cremation and burial result in the same essential change in chemical nature.

Does it make any difference if a body is buried or cremated?

At the resurrection it will not make any difference whether a person’s body has been buried or cremated. God knows how to raise the body, either in the resurrection of life or the resurrection of condemnation (John 5:28-29).

What will happen to a person’s body at the resurrection?

At the resurrection it will not make any difference whether a person’s body has been buried or cremated. God knows how to raise the body, either in the resurrection of life or the resurrection of condemnation (John 5:28-29). The new body of a Christian will be a radically changed and glorified body like the body of the exalted Christ.

What does the Bible say about cremation?

Hebrews in later time, indicated by the numerous ossuaries found in New Testament Palestine, also practiced cremation.” Christians will want to show respect for the body. Even though the essential person or spirit has moved on to an eternal destiny, the body is the tangible reminder of all that person meant to us.