by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 24, 2018 | News
The world’s most committed Christians call Africa and Latin America home, according to a Pew Research Center report published Aug. 22. Ethiopian Christians had the highest religious commitment, with 98 percent saying religion was very important in their lives. Other...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 22, 2018 | News
Charles McGathy is pastor of First Baptist Church of Madison, North Carolina. Prior to that, he served as a Navy chaplain for 23 years. Where did you grow up? In the years of my life prior to college, my father worked for the Air Force, NASA and the Navy. So, I spent...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 22, 2018 | News
Volunteering and other hands-on ways of helping others are more likely to be seen as generous actions by U.S. adults over financial contributions, according to a Barna Group report released Aug. 21. When asked to select three items from a list of 11 actions deemed...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 21, 2018 | News
U.S. opposition to genetic engineering of animals varies based on the modification’s purpose, but “messing with God’s plan” is consistently a minor reason for opposition, according to a Pew Research Center report released on Aug. 16. For example, among the 29 percent...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 20, 2018 | News
Millions of children coming to the U.S. from Central America are migrating to escape poverty and violence, according to a U.N. Children’s Fund “Child Alert” report released Aug. 16. “Gang-related violence, organized crime, extortion, poverty and limited access to...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 17, 2018 | News
While 31 U.S. states authorize capital punishment for certain crimes, only 12 have put someone to death in the last five years, according to a Pew Research Report released Aug. 10. Four days after the report’s publication, Nebraska executed its first death row inmate...
