The hypocrisy of religions of peace

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Gorgias said:
where, exactly, are you seeing a “change [in] the rules on an intrinsically evil act”? The Church has declared it as such, and has not abandoned that position.
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At the time of the establishment of the Inquisition.
Gorgias said:
Lots of folks ignore Church teaching on adultery. Many ignore Church teaching on theft, murder, and other serious sins.
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i don’t know of any religion that allows bank robberies and unprovoked murder although there are some that allow abortion. Anyway, at the present time mostly all of them allow artificial birth control under certain conditions.
The question is whether or not it is possible for the Church to change its teaching on artificial birth control in the future. It seems like your opinion and the opinion of everyone on CAF is No? But i don’t see a solid proof of that. There is a precedent set for change since the Church has changed its teaching on torture which is an intrinsic evil.
 
AlNg said:
At the time of the establishment of the Inquisition.
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It wasn’t declared at that time as an “intrinsically evil act.”
AlNg said:
There is a precedent set for change since the Church has changed its teaching on torture which is an intrinsic evil.
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No, there isn’t such a precedent, unless you can point to some incident in the Church where we went from “declaration of intrinsic evil” to “reversal of a declaration of intrinsic evil.” If you had evidence of that, then you’d have a basis for your claim. However, you don’t. 🤷‍♂️
AlNg said:
But i don’t see a solid proof of that.
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Asked and answered. ABC is an intrinsic evil on the grounds of abortion (and that’s not gonna change) and on the grounds of the theology of marriage and the marital act (again, no change).
 
AlNg said:
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Gorgias:
It wasn’t declared at that time as an “intrinsically evil act.”
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Whether something is intrinsically wrong or not does not depend on the moment in time someone declared it to be such.
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Agreed. However, in the time period of the reversal, it wasn’t recognized as such. You’re castigating the Church for going back on a teaching that hadn’t yet been proclaimed. Anachronize much, eh?
 
Gorgias said:
You’re castigating the Church
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This is not a question of castigation. I noted that a change has been made in the teaching on torture. In view of that precedent, the question arises as to whether or not it is possible in the future for a change in the teaching on non-abortifacient ABC.
 
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AlNg said:
In view of that precedent, the question arises as to whether or not it is possible in the future for a change in the teaching on non-abortifacient ABC.
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It really doesn’t arise, as such, if you look at it in context. Although it’s not stated doctrinally, it’s nevertheless difficult to see how the Church would cross the line from “intrinsically evil” – to the point of it being a sin that warrants a latae sententiae excommunication (i.e., “automatic” when it meets the conditions) – to “not a sin at all.”
 
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