Is Cremation a Sin?
Cremation is permitted in Catholicism (since 1963) and most Protestant denominations, but is strictly forbidden in Eastern Orthodoxy and Islam. Traditional Judaism also prohibits cremation, though Reform Judaism allows it.
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