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Islam as the Ultimate Goal of Religious Teachings 151 denomination. A child could also be raised in such a manner that he would have a strong conviction of being a Prophet of God, as he grew into adulthood. Little did Freud realise that by building this argument against Islam and God, he was only supporting the Islamic concept of a child’s birth and his subsequent development. Long before Freud was born, the Prophet sa of Islam had already informed us that every child is born in the nature of God but he can be moulded into anything else under the influence of his parents or that of those who are responsible for his upbringing. Again, a pertinent question arises as to what is the nature of human conscience, if anything at all? Many renowned philosophers and scholars agree with the principle that man’s nature has the imprint of a universal moral teaching—one which is not born out of any particular religious influence. The awareness of this innate moral teaching is what is termed as conscience. Here it would be appropriate to mention the famous eighteenth century philosopher, Immanuel Kant. He refuted many an argument which various people had presented as proof of the existence of God. In particular, after studying Anselm’s Ontological argument in favour of God, Kant strongly rebutted it. However, the only thing which bothered Kant’s own conscience was the presence of a universal moral sense in every human. This could be the only