Brigham Young Univ Newspaper Recalled Over "Apostle/Apostate" Mix-up

Editor & Publisher ^ | April 7, 2009 | E&P Staff

[Alex Murphy]

The university explained: "A spelling error appeared in a photo caption in which the word 'apostle' was rendered as 'apostate.' In referring to activities at the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints last weekend, the caption read in part, 'Members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostates and other general authorities raise their hands in a sustaining vote. . . '.”

[colorcountry]

LOL. There IS a God!

[greyfoxx39]

OOPS! Ping

[Charles Martel]

Wow, that’s an industrial-strength blunder!

[Andyman]

The paper claims it was typo caused by spell check.

The typo was caused by people who don't know how to type or can't spell. The paper's staffs' reliance on spell check was the problem.

[OB1kNOb]

LOL!

[rahbert]

being in utah I can’t comment...

[Bainbridge]

Amen !

[Drango]

We don’t think this error is glib or cute or humorous.

But it is funny!

[B Knotts]

Ouch. So much for relying on spell check instead of editors.

[farmer18th]

Someone’s race to the red seats has been dealt a blow..

[Star Traveler]

The article said — The paper claims it was typo caused by spell check.

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Ummm..., how do they explain all the errors in Mormonism before there was a “spell checker”... LOL...

[Lee N. Field]

Oooopsie.

The kind of mistake I can see myself making very easily, that no spelcheck would ever flag.

(There are other cases where "apostle" has been hijacked by the heterodox.)

[Godzilla]

[chuckles]

Just bury the students at Mountain Meadows and blame the Indians. It worked before.

[TFMcGuire]

I’ll stick with. “Apostates.”

Drop your BOM’s and pick up the Word of God.

[Elsie]

The paper claims it was typo caused by spell check.

That's a LIE!

The words are SPELLED correctly!

(A PROOFREADING error I could accept - not THIS lame excuse!)

[Elsie]

“Sometimes a cigar is NOT a cigar!”

[Elsie]

But it is funny !

Uh...

You've MISSPELLED Freudian!

[greyfoxx39]

I can understand how it happened...the mormons give great importance to the great APOSTAcy, that being the whole reason behind the founding of the church.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has proclaimed to the world consistently since its beginning that there was an apostasy of the church founded by Jesus during his Palestinian ministry and led by his Apostles following his ascension. This is a fundamental belief of the Latter-day Saints. If there had not been an apostasy, there would have been no need for a restoration.

With that mind-set, it's not unbelievable that the Apostate/Apostle was made.