Why do Protestants reject relics if Scripture clearly teaches about them?
2 Kings 13:21
"And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet."
Mark 5:27-29
"When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague."
Acts 19:11-12
"And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them."
GotQuestions gives some arguments, but they're all trash https://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-relics.html so I was wondering if there is a good reason to reject them
Inb4 those reasons aren't trash:
>All that to say, it is highly unlikely that any of the Christian relics discovered in the past 2,000 years have any true connection to Jesus or the apostles.
It's true that there are lots of fakes, but protestants would also reject any relics that we can prove to be authentic. Also, it's better to be safe than sorry and keep a fake relic instead of throwing away an authentic one by accident.
>One of the dangers inherent in the veneration of relics is the temptation to commit idolatry.
God knows it and yet He performed miracles through bones and items of saints. Does God want to bring us into idolatry?
They bring up the bronze serpent completly forgetting, that apparently it was possible for it not to become an object of worship for a long time. If God thought that it's better to destroy it immediately so that it doesn't cause idolatry later, then He would give a command to do it right away.
>There is absolutely no power in Christian relics.
This statement is contrary to Scripture as shown above.