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The problem with cremation is one of irreverence and the attitude of the person who desires to be cremated. All through a believers faithful life the body is to be respected and treated as the Temple of God. "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are" (I Corinthians 3:16-17). We should present our bodies as "a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is our reasonable service" (Romans 12:1). When people choose to have their bodies cremated they are in essence refuting God's Word. Individuals who wish for their bodies to be burned feel that this life is the end and there is no hereafter. However, praise be to God such is not the case. "Behold, I shew
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