Original sentence: All the same, Paul didn't speak of Jesus' birth at all, so by this logic Paul didn't believe that Jesus had any sort of birth.But this commits the fallacy of denying the antecedent.Skeptics also argue that if other writers had mentioned the virgin birth in the New Testament, it would be certain that they believed in it.Skeptics aregue that like the resurrection appearances, the virgin birth may be an example of the gradual supernaturalization of the Christian story.They did not mention it, therefore it cannot be certain that they believed in it.This argumentum ex silentio, or "argument from silence", cannot be conclusive, but skeptics of the virignal conception argue that it does increase the probability that only the writers of Matthew and Luke knew of and believed in the virgin birth
Edited sentence: If other writers had mentioned the virgin birth in the New Testament, it would be certain that they believed in it.They did not mention it, therefore it cannot be certain that they believed in it and, like the resurrection appearances, the virgin birth may be an example of the gradual supernaturalization of the Christian story.This argumentum ex silentio, or "argument from silence", cannot be conclusive, but it does increase the probability that only the writers of Matthew and Luke knew of and believed in the virgin birth