Should Christians be buried or cremated?

Another day, another survey...

It usually best to let these things wash over you. It's silly season, where journalists are desperate for stories and will puff up any old piece of ropey research into a story to keep the hungry beast of the 24-hour news cycle satisfied.

Occasionally, though, a survey or a poll will throw up something genuinely interesting. New statistics from YouGov are a case in point.

Reuters

Wright though, stops short of suggesting that cremation is sinful. "I am not of course saying that cremation is heretical" he writes, "I am merely noting that the huge swing toward it in the last century reflects at least in part some of the confusions, both in the church and in the world." He suggests this is because Christians have become unfamiliar with the biblical teaching that we all have bodies which will be resurrected. Instead, he says, the Church is at risk of slipping into Platonism – which taught that we have disembodied souls, which float up to heaven – and that the body doesn't matter.