< WEAK Yes. In fact, the laws have changed in Genesis. (Biblical)
For example, the moral law "do not murder" was never given to Adam and Eve. They only had one commandment to obey-to not eat the forbidden fruit, but they could do anything else they wanted, at least try to, such as look at porn, lying, rape, murder, etc, yet remain moral. Why? Because the conditions at that time didn't require such moral laws. They couldn't hurt each other because there was no mechanism to do so and no desire at the beginning.
In other words, murder was "OK" (again, although it can't even be done since both Adam and Eve lived forever till the disobedience), but today it's bad because now people have the means and desire to kill each other.
Thus, there was a shift in morality here.
< STRONG The moral laws didn't change, they just weren't needed/given then. Moral laws are absolute.
The moral laws are absolute. For example, raping someone is wrong, period. It would have been wrong in the beginning and it is wrong now. Adam and Eve weren't given the moral laws as we know them because there was no desire or reason for them to commit those acts. It was only when Satan tempted them with the fruit and they consumed it that sin entered into the world.
The conditions at that time didn't require the moral laws that we have now (i.e do not lie, steal, murder) due to the lack of desire to do those things. The moral laws were given later due to the conditions changing. However, what is wrong today is wrong forever and in all time periods. Again, the moral law IS absolute.
-JM
>> But don't the moral laws derive from creation?
In other words, were not the moral laws (i.e do not lie, steal, murder) created when God made man? So doesn't that mean that the moral law was created and made absolute after God created man?
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