Benjamin Franklin wrote, "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Therefore, since old Ben would never lie about anything so important as God, we must conclude that God does indeed exist.
A) Appeal to unqualified authority.
B) False cause.
C) No fallacy.
D) Begging the question.
E) Argument against the person, circumstantial.

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The argument commits the fallacy of appeal to unqualified authority by relying on Benjamin Franklin's statement about beer and happiness as evidence for the existence of God, despite Franklin not being an authority on the existence of God.

Benjamin Franklin Wrote, "Beer Is Proof That God Loves Us