Wanna use an environmentally-friendly method for burial?

[Ransom]

, pondering the fires of hell illicit similar dread from that night.

But there are also positive connotations of fire in Scriptures, for example, the references to God's people being purified as through the refiner's fire.

As far as suffering goes, I have no desire to be burned alive, but no qualms about being burned dead.

 

[abcaines]

But there are also positive connotations of fire in Scriptures, for example, the references to God's people being purified as through the refiner's fire.

Absolutely. When the angel touched Isaiah's lips with the live coal, I highly doubt it was physically painful. Our works are what is subjected to fire; the purifying will be the destruction of wood, hay and stubble.

 

[AverageJoe]

I've never heard anyone give a Biblical reason why cremation is "unscriptural" or "unChristian." I have had a lot of preachers try to convince me, but, their frustration and insistence, and lack of Scripture just leads me to the conclusion that some push their own ideology as God's Word.

 

[ALAYMAN]

But there are also positive connotations of fire in Scriptures, for example, the references to God's people being purified as through the refiner's fire.

As far as suffering goes, I have no desire to be burned alive, but no qualms about being burned dead.

Those examples where fire is mentioned in context of believers is of course used in regards to purification. How could cremation meet (spiritually speaking) such symbolic terms?

 

[Ransom]

Those examples where fire is mentioned in context of believers is of course used in regards to purification. How could cremation meet (spiritually speaking) such symbolic terms?

It doesn't, necessarily. I'm just pointing out that fire and burning are not universally negative symbols.