I've said it before, but I'll say it again: Be careful using a spelling checker. If your spelling checker catches a misspelled word, it will give you several choices for a correction. Be SURE the correction you choose is not a word that means something entirely different.
The student newspaper staff at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah learned this lesson in dramatic fashion last week. A caption on the front page of The Daily Universe identified leaders of the Mormon church as apostates instead of apostles.
Whoops! The student copy editor caught a spelling error in the caption. The word "apostle" was misspelled, but the computer spell checker offered "apostate" as a correct replacement.
Unfortunately, the definition of apostate is "a person who has abandoned religious faith, principles, or a cause."
The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles is a governing body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, so it is highly unlikely that that quorum would be made up of apostates rather than apostles.
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