EP1: The conscience is a form of internal judgment for man. (100)
EP2: Every man has a conscience. (100)
EP3a:
Man can’t escape his conscience’s presence, and this internal judgment cannot
be avoided. (101)
EP3b:
Man can choose not to listen to the voice of his conscience, however he cannot
choose to stop hearing the voice of his conscience. (101)
IP1:
Due to this unavoidable nature, man’s conscience must possess power beyond
man’s grasp.
EP4:
If man created or controlled his own conscience, he would be able to rid
himself free of the guilt of a certain action by controlling the judgment his
conscience makes. (101)
EP5:
Therefore, the judge of his actions who works through his conscience must be
someone other than himself. (101)
IP
2: The standards for this judgment must be universal and objective.
IP3:
Therefore, the judge of these actions must have the knowledge of all that is
universal and eternal.
IP4:
In order for this judge to have complete knowledge of all that is universal and
eternal, he must be universal and eternal himself.
EP6a:
This judge of man’s actions must be a powerful and moral being that has the
authority to set these universal standards for all actions (102)
EP6b:
If this being didn’t have this authority, he couldn’t possess the power to authorize
or condemn an action. (102)
EP7:
The only moral being this powerful is God. (102)
EP8:
Therefore, God must be the universal judge that works through every man’s
conscience. (102)
