Wait a second.

[rivkat]

Are you telling me that to get out of suffering eternally for your deal with a crossroads demon, all you have to do is find someone you trust will cremate you?  Also, if they burned John on a pyre, how come he was still around to escape from Hell over half a year later?

Grargh!  (I know, you all realized this way before me.  But Yuletide procrastination does strange things to a person.)