Editing Cremation (section)

==== Eastern Orthodox and other opposition ====
Some branches of Christianity entirely oppose cremation, including non-mainstream  Protestant groups and the Orthodox churches.<ref>{{cite web|title=CREMATION: What does God think?|url=http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/cremation.htm|first=David|last=Cloud|access-date = 3 February 2007|publisher=Way of Life Literature|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070124134414/http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/cremation.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=24 January 2007}}</ref> The [[Eastern Orthodox]] and [[Oriental Orthodox]] Churches forbid cremation. Exceptions are made for circumstances where it cannot be avoided (when civil authority demands it, in aftermath of war or during epidemics) or if it may be sought for good cause, such as the discovery of body already in the state of decomposition.<ref>Mckemy, S. (n.d.). RESPECTING THE IMAGE OF GOD An Apology for Traditional Christian Burial (pp. 5–6). Retrieved July 7, 2024, from https://www.orthodoxroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Orthodox-Christian-Burial-McKemy.pdf</ref> But when a cremation is specifically and willfully chosen for no good cause by the one who is deceased, he or she is not permitted a funeral in the church and may also be permanently excluded from burial in a Christian cemetery and liturgical prayers for the departed. In Orthodoxy, cremation is perceived as a rejection of the temple of God and of the  [[dogma]] of the general resurrection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/death/cremation.aspx|title=Cremation|first=Protopresbyter George|last=Grabbe| access-date=3 February 2007}}</ref>

Most independent Bible churches, free churches, Holiness churches and those of [[Anabaptist]] faiths will not practice cremation. As one example, the [[Church of God (Restoration)]] forbids the practice of cremation, believing as the Early Church did, that it continues to be a pagan practice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.churchofgod.net/cremation-a-pagan-practice/|title=Cremation – A Pagan Practice – The Church of God : Official Website|website=Churchofgod.net|access-date=3 October 2017|archive-date=3 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003174632/http://www.churchofgod.net/cremation-a-pagan-practice/|url-status=dead}}</ref>