The method
Not mathematical proof. History and philosophy rarely give you that. The standard here is the preponderance of the evidence: which explanation fits the known facts best, explains the most, conflicts with the least, and needs the fewest extra assumptions. Verdicts land on a plain five-point scale, and no miracle is ever smuggled in.
Respect the person, challenge the proposition. Every religion is described so that someone inside it should recognize it as fair before a single hard question is asked. Every verdict counts the evidence against my own view too, including the parts I would rather ignore.
The research skeleton was built with the help of AI working from public sources, then checked, corrected, arranged, and directed by a human author who owns every conclusion. Two independent AI systems were used to argue against each other so the drafts got red-teamed, not rubber-stamped. AI and the internet can be wrong. Shocker, right? That is exactly why the sources are laid out for you to check instead of trusting me.