WHY DOES THE CHURCH PREFER A BODY FOR A FUNERAL?

There are different ideas for a funeral and what is going to take place that are personal choices for a family to make and I AM NOT judging, but only trying to explain why. When we are baptized as infants or adults we receive the Holy Spirit in the human body. The body it the temple in which the spirit of God dwells. If we did not have a body, we would be spirit like angels. We honor the body that once held the Spirit of God and the life that it contained. It is like a sacred vessel that contained the Spirit of God. We try to honor and properly care for that sacred vessel that contained life and spirit.