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Yes, I am a Fourth Degree Knight but “YOPIOS” has nothing to do with the Catholic Church or with the Knights of Columbus! It is not a secret code word or anything (unless I am in the dark myself!).

I first saw it on a knock-off of a “Cheerios” box with Martin Luther on the front with the initials YOPIOS spelled out. In small font, the letters stand for “Your Own Personal Interpretation of Scripture.” It is a gif image and Petronski is fond of using it.

Needless to say, it raises the hackles of some parties when it is posted. The term “YOPIOS” is imagined by some to concede total ignorance of Scripture by Catholics (although we hear and read more Scripture daily than many Protestants will concede). The term YOPIOS refers to the independent authority of biblical interpretation be it personal, what your Pastor says, or whatever. The Church has guidelines in the Catechism which lay out the way Scripture is and always has been interpreted by the Church. Fr. John Corapi is fond of going over them in his retreats and so on.

Have you ever felt an onslaught of evil like you find on these religion threads? What is odd is that non-Catholics stick together when it is about Catholics but they disagree with each other on their religions too. Each one is in the true church and has the true faith but "Catholics are damned" must be the tenet of every non-Cathlic faith. I'll have to look it up, LOL

I don't know who said it but it reminds me of this quote, ""Everyone is crazy except me and thee and sometimes I suspect even thee"

Seriously though, I do feel that their presence is not from God. But we know that God can use their evil for good.