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The Church still officially prefers the traditional interment of the deceased. Despite this preference, cremation is now permitted as long as it is not done to express a refusal to believe in the resurrection of the body. [7] Until 1997, Church regulations used to stipulate that cremation has to take place after a funeral service.
In reaction against the Christian opposition to cremation some have deliberately instructed that their remains be cremated as a public profession of irreligion and materialism. [5] The revival of cremation in modern times has prompted a revision of this opposition by many Christian churches, though some groups continue to discourage the ...
5 Updated cremation policy from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The author of Matthew was drawing on earlier Biblical references to potters' fields. The passage continues, with verses 9 and 10: Then what the prophet Jeremiah had said came true: "They took the thirty silver coins, the amount the people of Israel had agreed to pay for him, and used the money to buy the potter's field, as the Lord had ...
[2] [7] [14] In 2008, he called execution "Biblically wrong." [ 2 ] In a September 2008 interview, he mentioned that his attitude change was a long process, and was in part due to the execution of several men who he believed were innocent.
Colorado’s funeral homes went nearly unregulated for four decades before high-profile scandals – from body brokering to remains left to decompose for years – helped prompt new legislation.
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Accused murderer Luigi Mangione’s grandmother reportedly left tens of millions of dollars to her children and grandchildren after she died, but did so on one condition: that any grandchild ...