Since there has been this discussion about the ban on contraception, specifically on what level the ban is categorized, I"ve started to wonder if perhaps the milieu is changing in regard to how people want/need to hear about moral prohibitions.
Perhaps previously, people asked, “Is it wrong?” They were told yes, and that ended the inquiry. People accepted that answer, and either proceeded with the action regardless or avoided the action. But nowadays people ask, “Is it wrong?” They are told yes, and then they further ask a question like this or similar, “But is it going to always be wrong, or is there a chance that it will be okay in 50 years?”
The different question could cause a refined response, thus raising the level upon which a moral prohibition is categorized, perhaps?
I guess I’m suggesting that for all I know, a particular moral prohibition is part of Revelation (and of course has thus always been so), but nobody asked about it before, so no one before now bothered to respond by saying yes, it is.
