Br. Gregory. As another author just stated, I too respect your belief and your passion therefore. May I add the Christ allowed His body to be defiled? To be whipped and beaten, nailed to a cross, speared and long thongs wedged into his skull. That our body is the temple of Christ is certainly true, but only when we are alive. The Bible is clear that our home is not of this earth, that it is our spirit that is eternal, and that our bodies return to dust. A position that cremation is somehow a work of Satan offers little hope for those poor soule who perish in fiery car accidents or house fires; through which their bodies are cremated, often beyond recognition. To the Christian belief, what becomes of your body after death is irrelevant, just as God himself has not body but is Spirit. Perhaps the only concern regarding your dead body is that cremation may show more consideration of future generations as land becomes more scarce, a final selfless act, (but in no part suggesting a traditional burial is not fully honorable)