What is Cremation?
[[File:Ubud Cremation 4.jpg|thumb|Cremation in Ubud, [[Bali]]]] '''Cremation''' is the act of burning a body after it has [[death|died]]. Cremation is a popular option to dispose of (get rid of) a body instead of [[burial|burying]] it. The place where cremations take place is called a '''crematorium''' or '''crematory'''. Religions which approve cremation include [[Christianity]], [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], [[Buddhism]], [[Hinduism]], [[Jainism]], [[Sikhism]], [[Shinto]], and [[Neopaganism]]. Traditional [[Judaism]] and [[Mormonism]] strongly discourage cremation, although the first reference to cremation in the [[Hebrew Bible]] is found in 1 Samuel 31, where it states that the dead bodies of [[Saul]] and his sons are burned, and their bones are buried.<ref>https://www.cremationsocietyofphiladelphia.com/bible-and-cremation/#:~:text=The%20first%20reference%20to%20cremation,and%20their%20bones%20are%20buried.</ref> [[Neo-Confucianism]] and [[Zoroastrianism]] disapprove it. Many [[Muslims]] believe cremation is forbidden. However, some Muslims, such as [[Quranists]], believe cremation is permissible in [[Islam]] as there is no prohibition in the [[Qur'an]] against cremation, and that burial is not the only Islamic method that is approved by God.<ref>https://www.quran-islam.org/articles/part_5/cremation__(P1503).html</ref><ref>https://www.ahl-alquran.com/arabic/show_article.php?main_id=15614</ref> A [[natural gas]] cremation releases around 126kg of [[carbon dioxide]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wright|first=Robert|date=2023-11-29|title=Families seek green alternatives to traditional funerals|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/5e33fba5-9dc5-483b-9f70-873740774e6d|access-date=2023-12-02}}</ref> ==Ways of keeping or disposing of the cremated remains== Cremated remains (also called ''[[ash]]es'') are returned to the person's family. The family then has a few options of what to do with the remains. Usually the ashes are buried in an urn at a cemetery plot just as a coffin is buried in normal earth burial. Man