Can Mormons be cremated and other ashes put together? Cremation is permitted but not encouraged. At burial, faithful members are clothed in ceremonial garb as a symbol of their readiness to enter the spirit world. So cremation puts a bit of a hiccup in that rite. Wherever possible, they should be cremated while wearing the [...]
“We affirm the sanctity of life and of its importance in God’s eternal plan.” —The Family: A Proclamation to the World Years ago I was in Salt Lake City for a conference of members of our church. Picketing outside the conference center were opponents of our faith who proclaimed, among other things, that we ought [...]
Mormon.org answers this question well. “Death is not the end. Death is really a beginning—another step forward in Heavenly Father’s plan for His children. Someday, like everyone else, your physical body will die. But your spirit does not die, it goes to the spirit world, where you will continue to learn and progress and may [...]
We recently had a comment here on What do Mormons Believe, that caught my eye. In the comment it asked the following questions. What would happen to people who didn’t have the chance to hear the gospel, such as people in third world countries? Even if they’ve lived good lives, but never even heard the [...]
Q. Can Mormons get cremated after death? The answer more and more is yes. Please see the article on Organ Donation and the Resurrection. The real issue is how we respect our bodies, and cremation seems a little harsh to Western sensibilities, but as the Church becomes more global, it has accepted the ways that [...]
