Posted on 10/25/2016 9:08:06 AM PDT by sparklite2
Sorry I have no idea how that happened, I only hit post once.
For 1,960 + years cremation was forbidden by the Catholic Church. Period.
Me too yet I can’t decide which is worse. I’ll let my family make those decisions.
There is a whole procedure for burial at sea, reserved for honorably discharged and retired Marines and sailors.
As for family, my wife is in total agreement. Children can visit while I’m alive.
I didn’t say the H.S. does “inhabit” a dead body. But one of the effects of Baptism is the indwelling of the H.S. Indeed, the Trinity. Thus, the body of a baptized person, even after death, deserves a great deal more respect than an old coat or other object.
You wrote that the Trinity inhabits the body even after death. I basically asked what’s the point. The soul and spirit of the person is gone. Then too, why give all this respect to a dead person when in many cases they never got that respect in life?
Wouldn’t the ash tray be more appropriate?
I never said the Trinity inhabits the body after death.
I gave some of the reasons for treating the body with respect. Take it or leave it.
I never said the Trinity inhabits the body after death.
I gave some of the reasons for treating the body with respect. Take it or leave it.
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