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More and more people are opting for cremation. There is little doubt that cremation has become more popular in the Western countries since the mid-twentieth century. There are now around 2,000 crematoria in the United States. Combined together they perform over one million cremations each year. People who use cremation are mostly younger professionals who do not practice a religion. Mainstream Protestants are more likely to use cremation than Catholics, Jews or Fundamentalists. Cremation is usually done because the deceased, not the family, requested or desired it. Men are more prone to cremate their wives. Men and children are usually not as likely to be cremated.

According to most studies, the United States has seen a steady increase in the practice of cremation. In 1970 slightly over 4 percent of U. S. deaths resulted in cremation. In 1975, 7 percent of deaths were handled by cremation. By 1985 it rose to 15 percent. According to the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) projections for 2015 are now at 44 percent. Projections for 2025 are as high as 56 percent. That is more than one half of all deaths in the United States may result in cremation.

Why is this growth occurring? Is there any religious significance to the way we dispose of the remains of our loved ones? Does it really make any difference what we do, since the body is eventually going to return to dust anyway? These and many more questions concerning post mortem decisions are addressed in the following chapters in the hope to provide a guide for Christians in wise decisions regarding how our bodies and those of our loved ones should be disposed of. In short, "To cremate or not to cremate?" That is the question.

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  • Publication Date: October 30, 2014
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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  • Print Length: 188 Pages
  • File Size: 879 KB

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