All Arguments in Philosophy of Religion Part 0: Methodology – The Argument Power Test

Before undertaking an exploratory critique of the foundational arguments in the philosophy of religion, it is necessary to establish a consistent logical framework. This paper introduces the Argument Power Test (APT), a metaphilosophical heuristic designed to evaluate the entire spectrum of philosophical arguments regarding God, encompassing both theistic and atheistic paradigms. Moving away from continuous mathematical metrics, this methodology relies strictly on formal first-order and modal logic. By establishing three core axioms—Modal Necessity, Explanatory Parity, and Epistemic Parsimony—we provide a binary filtration system to evaluate whether any argument can successfully bridge the gap between internal logical validity and the external objective world without collapsing under the weight of excessive assumptions.