My father-in-law was dead set against cremating because he said it was pagan, and when the second coming occurred you would have a problem being restored. Well the origins are pagan as far back as we can determine. As for the restoration of the atoms in the body at the second coming I really don’t know if that’s even talked about in depth among various scriptures. After hearing those comments by my father-in-law I sat there in contemplation... what about people in war who are blown to bits, are they not going to be restored after the second coming? And what about people that are buried at Sea and then eaten by crabs and then crapped all over the ocean floor? Are they not going to be restored after the second coming? So I finally came to the conclusion that it really doesn’t matter because we do not know enough about the great mystery that will unfold at some point in time only the Lord knows when; not even the angels know... so it’s beyond our comprehension. And I strongly feel that whatever happens to your body will probably not matter because it just won’t be an issue. I sometimes think that people just want a stone to go visit for year or two and then the stones languish un-visited until, over time... it erodes to sand and id washed away. Earth Abides, as it was made to do so.
Having just gone through this with my MIL.......
The Catholic Church, Jewish faith and Muslim have either doctrine or hard and fast rules against cremation......
The Catholic Curch recently relaxed the rule (not doctrine-which was implemented in the 1800’s) regarding cremation allowing it.....
However, the Catholic church does require that the ashes be treated the same as a whole body, not to be spread, on a mantle or made into jewelry...
The remains should receive a full funeral mass and then be buried or entombed on consecrated ground.....
I would imagine that dissolving the body would not be approved as acceptable.....