Correction of errors on this web site
Errors found during 2006
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2006-FEBRUARY:
 | In our essay "Definition of the term
'Evangelical' " we incorrectly identified the Wisconsin Evangelical
Lutheran Synod to be a mainline or liberal Christian denomination. They
are in fact a conservative group. |

2006-MARCH:
 | In three of our essays, we had used the term "ephebophile" and "hebephile"
interchangeably to refer to an adult who is sexually attracted to youths
aged 14 to 17. This is a common usage on the Internet, in reference books,
etc. However "ephebophile" is sometimes used to refer to an adult who
is sexually attracted to children who are about at the age of puberty.
Because of this confusion in the meaning of terms, we have changed all
references to "ephebophilia" to "hebephilia on our site." |

2006-APR:
 | In our essay which lists "The date of origin and
founder of various Christian faith groups" we listed Boston, MA as the
location of the founding of the Christian Science movement. Actually it was
founded by Mary Baker Eddy in Pleasant View, near Bow, NH. The current
headquarters is in Boston, MA. |
 | In our essay on the Book of Daniel, we
incorrectly translated 2,300 days into a little over 2 years. |

2006-MAY
 | Our essay on "World Religions" listed "Buddhist
priest" as the title of a local leader of a temple. A visitor to our web
site said that "Buddhist monk" is the correct term. We googled both
phrases and found that there were about 60,000 references to "Buddhist
monk" and only 10,000 references to "Buddhist priest." |

2006-AUG:
 | Our essay on the ordination of women in
various faith groups originally stated that the Association of Vineyard
Churches followed the practice of many other conservative Protestant
denominations in restricting leadership roles only to males. In fact, the
Association allows individual congregations to determine their own policy on
gender discrimination. |

2006-OCT:
 | Our essay on the Bible Code originally
contained an incorrect description of the algorithm used to detect codes. I
used the computer science definition of "skip" instead of the traditional
definition. |

2006-NOV:
 | Our essay on the Seventh-day Adventist
denomination said that the group reverted to Saturday Sabbath observances
during the 17th century. It should have been the 19th century.
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 | Our essay on apostasy within Islam quoted a
usually reliable Muslim web site. They wrote that a Muslim becomes an
apostate if he or she enters a Christian church. This appears to be
incorrect. |

2006-DEC:
 | Our essay on Satanic ritual abuse and other urban
folk tales suggested that the attacks on heretics during the late Middle
Ages and Renaissance targeted followers of ancient Pagan religions who were
the spiritual ancestors of Wiccans and other Neopagans today. Actually, few
of the tens of thousands of people, mostly women, executed during that time
were Pagans.
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 | Our essay on supportive statements about masturbation by Protestant
groups had linked the Gentle Spirit Christian Church of Atlanta GA
with the United Methodists. Actually, the congregation's only link to
the United Methodist Church was that they rented space from a Methodist
church for a few years. The Gentle Spirit Church is an independent group.
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Latest update: 2007-MAY-26
Author: B.A. Robinson
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