Some defenders of homosexuality have argued that Jesus must have been either favorable or neutral toward homosexuality since the Bible doesn't record him objecting to it. According to McQuilkin and Copan, what logical fallacy does this argument commit?

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Santiago Huang

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10 August, 18:25

Some defenders of homosexuality have argued that Jesus must have been either favorable or neutral toward homosexuality since the Bible doesn't record him objecting to it. According to McQuilkin and Copan, what logical fallacy does this argument commit?

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Mylie Bradshaw · Answer 1

Argument of silence fallacy

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The argument of silence fallacy states that if the person or body remains silent about a particular fact or event then there is nothing that can prove that what another person claim about it is true. For example, in this case: There is no section of the bible that discusses the thoughts of Jesus on homosexuality. For this reason it cannot be supposed that the was for or against it because there is simply no evidence.