[Elsie]

If Reponse X absolutely MUST follow Stimulus Y,
then the absence of Response X proves the absence of Stimulus Y.

IF indeed!

Nice 'logic' statement!

You really must get better with your strawmen, IF you're going to prove anything.

[Arthur McGowan]

Principles are always “if-then” statements. A principle is stated, then the facts are plugged in.

You are obviously unfamiliar with how a deductive argument is constructed. You have never actually studied logic, have you?

You don’t even know the meaning of the term “straw man.”

I invite you to notice that you still haven’t answered my question: Given the known propensity of the earliest Christians to treasure physical relics of the saints, how do you explain the total absence from history of any corpse or any relics of the Blessed Virgin Mary?