I don't think I really have to comment how
an argument from silence proves nothing, either.
See also: I'm thankful Rod Dreher has taken on their ridiculous «
argument from silence» so I don't have to.
It seems to me that they didn't believe in Christ for eternal life (but that is
an argument from silence so I'm not 100 % sure) but nonetheless believed him to be the Messiah.
This is just
an argument from silence.
A lesson on the Great Library can show students that omissions in a primary source can be just as revealing as what is presented, a concept historians call «
an argument from silence.»