Shalom Chaim,
Cremation is not allowed in the Orthodox Jewish nor the Orthodox Christian faith. Sadly, most people will cremate nowadays because of the money. My question is what happens to the righteous Orthodox Jews and or Orthodox Christians who accidently get blown up, (almost cremated) by bombs or that could have died in the Holocaust, G-d forbid. Can they also be buried or have a funeral even though they won't be in their body state and are ashes? Will they have resurrection of the dead even though they weren't preserved in their body and are ashes? From what I've heard Autopsies aren't allowed also in the Orthodox faiths both in the Christian and the Jewish. What happens if an Orthodox Jew gets an Autopsy to find out the cause of death of an individual and also gets embalmed, does this prevent them from being resurrected from the dead? My grandfather had an Autopsy and was embalmed to find out why he passed away so quickly but was sewn up and had an open casket and buried, I feel bad this event happened, but I think he still is with Hashem and with all the other righteous peoples', as well as resting in righteous peace in the ground and will resurrect. I apologize for my ignorance on this subject Chaim, but was just wondering about this and wanted your opinion.
Thanks as always Chaim. May G-d bless you, JTF'ers, our movement, and all righteous people.
G-d Bless,
-JTFFan