Being born and bred Catholic, we can't completely discount that I may have some religious bias. However, I hold that my belief in objective morality is more philosophically based, an extension of my belief in an objective reality, and that it is more-or-less divorced from my religious inclinations. That both my personal philosophy and my religion tend to agree with each other is a null point -- I'm sure you wouldn't expect someone to hold two opinions which contradicted each other, would you?
And yes, it follows that I do think my morality is the correct one, which is why I subscribe to it. Again, would you expect someone to subscribe to a system of morals they thought was wrong? But I don't think it's absolutely and ultimately correct -- I'm open to persuation, and if I were persuaded that some other system was more correct, I would subscribe to that. I won't say I *know* absolutely that I'm right, but I think it's pretty obvious that I think I am. I'm not sure how anyone could really function if they believed themselves to be wrong.
It does then follow that I think you (and by necessity a great many others) are wrong. It's only logical. But just because I disagree with you on this point (or any others) doesn't mean I think badly of you, or wish you ill, or anything like that. The great majority of my friends disagree with me on at least two or three key topics, but we're still friends. Just because we disagree doesn't mean we must hagte each other, or that we can't enjoy eachother's company. That I'm friends with an Episcopalian, or a Jew, or buddhist doesn't compromise my belief in Catholicism.
On Objective Truth
And yes, it follows that I do think my morality is the correct one, which is why I subscribe to it. Again, would you expect someone to subscribe to a system of morals they thought was wrong? But I don't think it's absolutely and ultimately correct -- I'm open to persuation, and if I were persuaded that some other system was more correct, I would subscribe to that. I won't say I *know* absolutely that I'm right, but I think it's pretty obvious that I think I am. I'm not sure how anyone could really function if they believed themselves to be wrong.
It does then follow that I think you (and by necessity a great many others) are wrong. It's only logical. But just because I disagree with you on this point (or any others) doesn't mean I think badly of you, or wish you ill, or anything like that. The great majority of my friends disagree with me on at least two or three key topics, but we're still friends. Just because we disagree doesn't mean we must hagte each other, or that we can't enjoy eachother's company. That I'm friends with an Episcopalian, or a Jew, or buddhist doesn't compromise my belief in Catholicism.