[ealgeone]

In the accounts from the OT and NT instant results were seen from the various encounters with the bones in the case of the OT and with the Apostles in the NT.

What we do not see in Roman Catholicism is the same instantaneous result.

In addition, we're not told to keep or to "venerate" the bones or pieces of cloth from the Apostles.

That is where the Roman Catholic again veers off into error.

For the Roman Catholic they've become an item of worship...aka an idol.

[narses]

“For the Roman Catholic they’ve become an item of worship...aka an idol.”

Nope.

[narses]

“What we do not see in Roman Catholicism is the same instantaneous result.”

Wrong. Again.

[Mom MD]

And the early church was not error free. By the time Paul was writing Gnosticism and dualism were already cropping up

[boatbums]

You know, it's one thing to show loved ones or those we admire the respect their bodies deserve when they die. Divvying up some poor guy's bones so this place gets a pinky and this other place gets a pinky toe is kinda gruesome. But, it sure was a GREAT moneymaker in those days. Plenty of people got duped over so-called "relics" and there was no shortage of the gullible who bought them and displayed them. The Vatican was a prime example and they would hold pilgrimages - with the accompanying, of course, of donations to be able to get close or even touch said items. It is sad, really, how some people aren't satisfied with faith and they NEED something tangible to help them believe. Jesus said:

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen, and yet have believed.” (John 20:29)

We walk by faith and not by sight.