New Zealand Volcano risky retrieval

I was listening to and reading about the risky retrieval of the bodies of those tragically killed by the volcano in New Zealand, and it got me thinking. I have never had a loved one die whose body was not found/not retrieved, etc. I understand that there is a degree of closure that this retrieval might bring, but I personally believe that I would NOT want anyone to risk their lives in order to bring back a deceased relative or loved one's body. To me, I would most definitely want to know whether or not they were dead or alive (I imagine that it must have been horrible for those with POW/MIA situations in wartime), but if I knew that the person were dead, I would NEVER want someone else to risk the same fate. Any thoughts, either by those who do or do not believe in the afterlife?

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I understand the mourning process, strong desire to show our love for the decease. How often do u go visit dead love ones? Maybe at the next funeral u stop by a gravestone and remember for a minute or two.

Wife and I have purchased a natural death burial. Body will decay without being pumped full of preservatives. Wrapped in a shroud and placed in the earth, dust to dust. Marker is a rock.

Same. The only thing a body would do for me is convince me the person is actually dead and not just missing. If I knew they were dead for sure, then I wouldn't care a bit

I would put out some effort. I can't say I can quantify it into % or amount of risk. Even when the soul has departed, their body is still "them" and I wouldn't want them to simply be left somewhere.

A body is just an empty shell. The spirit has moved on. The risk is certainly not worth it.

i think there is some closure from having undeniable proof that your loved one is gone, but if you know with reasonable certainty that they are dead, it's not worth endangering someone else's life to retrieve their body.

Seemed a little odd to me for all the effort to recover JFK Jr from the ocean, only to dump his ashes in the ocean a few days later.

I would not want someone to risk their life to retrieve a body. As a Christian, I believe the body is just a vessel to hold the soul on our earthly journey.

swimmerbabe11 said:

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Do you not believe in the resurrection of the body??

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I'm glad you brought that up. Resurrection of the body makes me LESS concerned about my body when I'm dead. Surely God wouldn't play a joke on me a SECOND time and give me the same worn out piece of junk I'm dragging around now

I don't get it either. I know that historically Christians favor burial, but I don't understand the reason. After all, a few years underground and we're pretty much just bones anyway. It's not like Christians are out mummifying bodies or performing taxidermy so that we are pristine at the resurrection

These families in New Zealand are being extremely selfish and self centered in demanding the NZ government risk people's lives going into a volcano that still has a very high potential to erupt to retrieve the bodies of those who voluntarily placed themselves in an extremely dangerous situation.

You're espousing something like a pagan dualism.

Christ was incarnate and His resurrected body was still very much His body.

Humans are not a soul and body as separate things, but a single entity which is both body and spirit. This is taught from the very first pages of scripture.