Why are dead bodies cremated?

So that they can't turn into wights.  

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At the family's request!

My mother requested direct cremation. Said if people wanted to see her they should come see her while she was alive.

Because dead people breed diseases which are prone to infect other people.

I think some people prefer it rather than having a full funeral.  It costs a lot to be born and it costs a lot to die.  Cremation costs less than burial.  I think some people do it because they want things to be easier for their loved ones.  But, they make you buy a casket regardless.  I had a loved one ask to be cremated and the funeral home still makes you purchase a casket.  

But, now days, I think many of us getting older have lost so many people in our lives, and we feel that there would be a small turnout at any kind of a service, so many forgo that expense.  

And, for practical reasons, the body itself when it breaks down, is rotting flesh, fat, etc., and has to be dealt with.  I used to be against cremation, personally, but then I thought, after we had experienced severe wild fires, and seeing news of people perishing, that if people die in fires and still go to Heaven and get a new, resurrected body, that cremation should not affect our "here after".  So, I am coming around.  both of my parents asked for cremation.  I didn't want it, but they did and it is THEIR CHOICE.  I am still thinking about it for me, but I don't really think it matters!  We will receive a new, healthy, body!