Preacher vs Witches | Greg Locke's Witch Conspiracies

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Use my code EMMATHORNE to get $5 off your delicious, high protein Magic Spoon cereal by clicking this link: magicspoon.com/EMMATHORNE Today we're taking a look at Tennessee Pastor Greg Locke's outlandish conspiracies about witches in his church making him sick and taking over schools. Yeah.

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

NO PLEASE DONT FALL FOR BODY LANGUAGE BULL. Its a pseudoscience and its very abelist. Please please please dont fall for that bull. Münecat did a wonderful video on it!

[@nathanpetrich7309]

As a trans person, I suspect that if I put my hands on Greg Locke, he might actually get sick and have nightmares, tho. As a witch, I could make an honest man out of him. lol

[@PhoenixtheII]

@@nathanpetrich7309 Nah, not even a god, could do the latter. Badumtss....

[@DariusRoland]

Ohhh no, no, Locke is 100% a grifter.

[@sebcw1204]

my wife is a practicing wicca. as in she actively casts spells for protection, calling wealth, and holding off the rain when she wants to not get soaked walking to and from the car into stores. that last one seems to be the only one that works more than half the time. according to her, it is perfectly acceptable for wicca to worship jesus, he presents as a god of healing, and wicca will call to any god that listens.

[@thoughtfuldevil6069]

I am a Wiccan. And if I had empirically real supernatural powers, I wouldn't be working in a pharmacy.

[@StandOnGuard4Thee]

Greek word for sorcery pharmacopia

[@thoughtfuldevil6069]

@@StandOnGuard4Thee Yes. I can cast a spell to cure your depression or insomnia.

[@Member_zero]

Pharmacy! Where you brew the potions! That is the first place I would go look for a witch! Sorcerer, I order you to concoct me a potion which would dispel my baldness and enlarge my dick! Or I shall come to your dwelling with an angry mob and put your entire congregation to the pye, where such evil servants of Belphegor belong! And lack of ingredients is no excuse - I have scoured the land to gather all that is required for the potion already - I have gathered the semen of a rattlesnake, second toenail of a cancer patient as well as blood of the ostrich that is still a virgin! You have everything you need - all it requires is your vile magic powers. So you work for me warlock, and I shall spare you!

[@dethkillerspiral]

​@@thoughtfuldevil6069yes PLEASE that would be amazing (if it were real lol)

[@ttthecat]

Hey sister, I feel you!Commanding dark legions, broom riding, wealth and overweening power have escaped my grasp too. But I have a rich personal life and joy. So basically let me know if you get the hook up, I'll meet you at the crossroads! ✊🏽

[@danjohnston9037]

Greg called out three women in his congregation as being witches Just before they came out accusing him of sexual harassment Don't know if they have any law suits pending or what But that may have ignited his current crusade

[@tenebrousoul9368]

He is being sued for something hush hush.

[@merlinambrosius4398]

Interesting. And, not entirely surprising.

[@aestroai8012]

Ah, not much has changed.

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

Wow. Things... Really have not changed!

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

Owen rules. Love his channel. He highlights all the right wing extremist christian fundamentalist bastards.

[@jasminetaylor34]

My daughter is a witch and a school teacher 😂 Her Coven is a group of tremendously kind, caring, peaceful, non judgemental, empowering, inspiring, well adjusted, confident women. She keeps her spiritual pagan practices private and separate as a professional, and also as she celebrates the right of each person to determine their own spiritual practice and path if they choose one at all. Ironically, they all embrace and embody the teachings of Jesus more than most Christians I know.

[@lostsauce0]

Hell yeah!

[@noahclaycameron]

Your last point is something I've been lucky to notice even as a christian lol 😑

[@cautiouslycynical9786]

While that's beautiful and I'm genuinely happy for you and the nice person that your daughter is, I take issue with one thing: the illusion that Jesus was such a great character. If anything he was just as anthological and contradictory as the Old Testament vs the New. Sure he championed the oppressed and preached peace. But at the same time he was also big on his followers abandoning their families. And as stupid as this sounds, he was also the original creator of the "culture war". Him bringing the sword, setting father against son, mother against daughter and whoever is left standing gets the prize of being closer to god. Wohoo...

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

@@cautiouslycynical9786 aka , the abrahamic cults hijacked the golden rule to get the credit of it for their front figures , despite being the contradiction to it :/

[@sovietdoge.7369]

I've met good plenty of good Christians. But I've also met many bad ones. Must say, never met a bad Wiccan before.

[@TarotwithRuby]

Hi I'm a 'witch' school teacher. My practice mainly consists of reading the tarot & manifestation/intentions. I can say with absolute certainty that I do NOT talk to my class about my beliefs, though many of their parents try to force their beliefs onto our school when it comes to LGBTQIA+, which we are legally supposed to mention every now and then to help them prepare to live in the real world/society. (cuz lord knows it doesn't happen at home for many of them).

[@tunessystem787]

I never got my teaching degree (some departments at my college had a scam going on at the time - keeping people from graduating so they had higher numbers in their department and recieved more funding - they got sued later, but I had just switched majors instead). But I am wiccan and I did work in the public school district for a while as an aftercare supervisor, teacher aide, and substitute teacher. My religious beliefs never played into anything. I am a very open and honest person (too much for my own good) so if a student had asked me about my beliefs, I’d have probably answered as long as it wasn’t during class. But I didn’t because it never came up. And why would it? My personal spirituality doesn’t belong at an elementary or middle school. I did have a kid ask me once if I was catholic and I said, “No, but I was raised catholic so I know a lot about it.” The student said, “oh, ok” and went off with her friends. And that was the closest my religion ever got to any students I worked with.

[@ladymeow1226]

Me 2, my fellow witch. Its insane how in this day n age the ridiculous lies about us r still believed. Damn, educate yourselves! Im well versed in christianity, n know if u wanna see evil read the bible!

[@Member_zero]

A witch! You herd it! Begone spawn of Satan. Your coupling with Bephemot is over! Bring the pyre, bring the angry mob! We are not afraid of your army of warewolf minions you keep in your basement witch! For we are protected by the holy cross!

[@Dorvin55]

Hello fellow witches! Also, I'll say it again.. magic spoon is adorable name.

[@OllamhDrab]

@@ladymeow1226 Well, they do recycle the same old lies whenever they think their previous embarrassments have been sufficiently-forgotten. :)

[@Jasonf78]

This guy gives me PTSD. I actually grew up in a doomsday cult that called themselves the real Christians. Weekly(on Saturdays) we would be fed fear of the imminent apocalypse, god casting you into the lake of fire, and fear of demons and witchcraft. Fortunately, my family got out when I was 15 but even still robbed of my youth. I’m now in my 40’s and a Wiccan. I’ve never been happier! Blessed be.

[@nightmarerex2035]

what if the sabboth is monday the most HATED DAY of all? if i was the devil i would make sabboth hated. althugh isent monday "whitches sabboth"

[@14beans]

Merry met, so glad you found a peaceful path! This man is a cult leader and terrifies me.

[@liz090833]

I was sucked into Jehovah's Witnesses for a little over 10 years. Your comment gave me the chills bc it is exactly what I went through but we also met throughout the week for various things like bible study. So glad you were able to get out!!! ❤❤❤

[@autobotstarscream765]

​@Nightmare Rex Monday is the holy hate day of our lord and savior, Godfield, who doth curse it for being the end of the Sunday Comics day of rest and double-sized and colorized newspaper comics. Praise and worship him with tithes and offerings of lasagna.

[@aporue5893]

@@autobotstarscream765 ''I'm sorry jon'' 🤣

[@pumpnix7243]

what always scares me more is not the people spewing this bs it’s the crowds of people cheering and applauding the messages that sends shivers down my spine

[@gingedss]

It should. When I look at this all I can think is: What has he done to these women that he's now threatening them.

[@stevepest4143]

That's not true. Liberals spew fascism and you cheer their hate and violence. In the end, you are them.

[@sprig5173]

And they send all their money to these fakse prophets.

[@stevepest4143]

@@sprig5173 look at climate activists.

[@100th_monkey]

don't be afraid of this guy - the sound effects people do a great job. When they show the 'crowds' at his 'church' - it's like 50, 60 people on a good day. (If there's a lot of people, he's in someone else's megachurch full of people who literally paid to go see a rock band and a motivational speaker)

[@electronics-girl]

He only talked about first and last names. Apparently he doesn't have the witches' middle names. Based on what I learned from reading The Dresden Files, you need to have a wizard's full name to have any power over them.

[@RepTechEP]

The same goes to having power over a demon, you must use their true name.

[@margaretwordnerd5210]

Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is much wiser than this buffoon.

[@codeangel]

​@@RepTechEP haa fool human! No man can pronounce my name *giving off eldritch noises*

[@ryshow9118]

Dresden Files!

[@AwesometownUSA]

shhh don’t tell HIM that!

[@ragedeeann644]

As a long practicing witch, I'm very tempted to get a cold, and go and make this man sick. 🤧

[@aidenharvey3784]

If I was a practitioner, I would be very tempted to give him more than a cold... the many dangerous variants of Covid would be just gifts for him 😁 I'd gladly shoulder some bad luck if it meant that monsters like him were knocked off their high horse.

[@ProdigiaGames]

Viruses: nature's indiscriminate hexes 😂

[@ragedeeann644]

@@ProdigiaGames holy shit that's actually so funny when you think about it

[@ragedeeann644]

@@ProdigiaGames you're so correct! 50 points to Slytherin! 😄

[@van3363]

Lol

[@MattBenicFlintZA]

“Witches are just really nice people that drink tea and care for the environment” love it 😂

[@octosquid48]

I sometimes imagine real-world witches like that

[@johnhough7738]

Actually ...

[@wranglergirl5]

Guess I’m a witch then

[@foxpro3002]

Not all witches are like that, but the ones I know of are.

[@Thelastunicornlover]

@@wranglergirl5That means I’m a witch too! Now to go curse Greg Locke!🧙🏻‍♀️

[@dmikulec]

When I was 19, I was confused about life and I ended up in one of these churches. What I discovered was that these people are very isolated and view everything in the outside world as evil. I also noted hints of mild racism in the members of the church. It felt more like a cult than a religious service. One woman I befriended was surprised when she visited a "non-Christian" home and the parents had their youngest toddlers go to bed at 7PM. Her quote to me was, "They're good parents! The church told me that non-Christians can't be good parents!" A member of a similar Christian church told me that he could kill me and it wouldn't be a sin as I was not his church's kind of Christian. Note that these are the people who are running the Republican party in the US. On the flip side there is my friend's mom who is Methodist. She is one of the kindest, nicest, and smartest persons I know. She contributes her time and money to worthy causes including going to New Orleans and helping to rebuild after the 2005 hurricane, and helping kids. She is pro same-sex marriage and was an educator and guidance councilor that helped thousands of kids who were in trouble. I wish there were more Christians like her.

[@munchkingod6]

@@missrayelyn3045 no there’s DEFINITELY degrees. The people who pearl clutch and vote Republican are racist, but they aren’t in the same league as open advocates for white ethnostates. Both are racist but one is a LOT worse. One of the common mistakes made in conversation about racism is misattribution of racism to being an intrinsic personal flaw when that’s not the case. Racism is a belief structure and sets of systemic structures built and evolved organically. It has wide arrays of degree, severity, and MO. Lumping all racism together and then assigning it a single moral value is both inaccurate and deeply counterproductive to actually fixing it as a problem.

[@MissBelovedBunny]

@@munchkingod6 well said! As in everything in life there are just shades of grey rather than everything being black and white. Racism is no exception. Any type of racism is horrible but there are degrees from advocating for linching black people to not wanting your children to play with the ethnic kids. Everyone has biases but treating everything so extremely doesn’t lead to productive conversations or learning experiences. Mind you, some people are really not worth the breath at all but this black and white thinking is also not helping.

[@dmikulec]

Racism is someone who would burn a cross on someone's lawn. Mild racism is ... "They wouldn't burn a cross on someone's lawn, but if there was one burning they would stop and toast a marshmallow or two.

[@Longtack55]

She's doing what Jesus apparently advocated - "Sell yer shit and work among the poor."

[@JohnDlugosz]

I got married in a Methodist church because they are easy-going and open. My wife is from China and is not from a Christian culture at all, and I'm not religious. But she wanted the kind of wedding popularized by Hollywood movies. I first approached the church my parents went to and I did with them when I was a kid, and I even remembered the priest from when he was a student. I was turned down; it's for active members only. But the Methodist church, with a beautiful venue, let us get married there and arrange the ceremony to our liking.

[@TaliaJohnson]

"She turned me into a newt!" "A Newt?" "I got better." -- Holy Grail Witch Trial scene

[@OboeCanAm]

"Very small rocks"

[@TheJrr71]

I came to the comments section just to say this 🤣

[@bradweir6993]

News Flash... preacher given the brain of a newt . Didnt get better.

[@toddboughn5168]

That's a fair cop.

[@surfpsych]

"Well we did do the nose. And the hat. But she's a witch!"

[@mightme6887]

I know a Pagan Daycare director, and I worked as her assistant when she was still in the classroom. She's amazing at her job, and never talked about her religion to the children. In the US, it's actually illegal to deny a person a job based on their religion, and even asking about a person's religion in a job interview could open a place up to discrimination accusations, if someone didn't get a job they want. So, schools wouldn't be able to avoid hiring witches, no matter how much an organization wants them to be discriminated against.

[@octosquid48]

Huh, no kidding! The more you know

[@KateryReminiec9399]

What about the Christian employees at a Panera restaurant who harassed a cowoker who is a Wiccan so often that she quit ? She went to HR with her complaint only to be told to quit..( the HR person also is a Christian) ..

[@mightme6887]

@@KateryReminiec9399 she was hired? So, she wasn't denied a job based on her religion? That makes her situation nothing like what I was talking about. However, she might still have grounds to sue, based on the fact that her employer refused to address the harassment. That would hinge on her ability to prove that the treatment by her coworkers and/or HR was based on the fact that she didn't practice the same religion as them. If she got nothing in writing, then she would have an uphill battle trying to get anything for it.

[@dodgermutt]

Wait does his sign say "Come Out In Jesus Name"? Am I alone in thinking that sounds like he is being accidently supportive of the gay members of his church?

[@mountainaccident2001]

jesus did spend most of his life surrounded by men soooooo... 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@johndemeritt3460]

Dodgermutt, unfortunately, it doesn't. It means that Locke and his . . . church . . . like to pretend that they are Christians oppressed by American secular society, and that rather than hiding in the shadows, he intends to have them step into the light and take on their demonic (read: secular) oppressors and regain their position at the top of American society. Fortunately for most of us Americans, it's relatively easy to recognize these fundamentalists (who I like to refer to as "funnymentalists") and the dangers they pose to American society. Locke's "Coming Out for Jesus" is about gaining secular power so he and his congregation can force LGBTQIA people BACK into the closet and pretend that they don't exist. Locke and company -- and other congregations like his -- are essentially weaving their own hand basket within which they can make their journey into Hell. Because if a second American Civil War breaks out, you can bet that many minorities, including LGBTQIA people and religious minorities (my wife is Jewish) will leave the country as soon as we can. Considering the drain of intelligent, thoughtful, and skilled people that would represent, America would become the "third-world $h!thole country" our previous President tried to make it.

[@greendragon4571]

Nope, that sign is for anyone in the anti-grammar sect of his religion.

[@JodiStrikesBack]

Jesus had two dads

[@juliusdauksys2183]

​@@JodiStrikesBackand no Y chromosome... so a trans icon

[@ZackBurnsOG]

The "Witches" was a power struggle with a couple of congregants Locke and his wife got REALLY close to personally. And he was basically threatening them publicly.

[@mikearchibald744]

Oh, so that witches is a typo.

[@ZackBurnsOG]

@@mikearchibald744 No, he called them witches because he knew it would rile up his audience and the members, and some of the members knew who he was talking about. Being called a witch in his audience is a legit threat of violence to life and limb.

[@mikearchibald744]

@@ZackBurnsOG I know, that was kind of my point.

[@jackaltwinky77]

Wasn’t part of the issue that some of the “witches” were women he had been accused of harassment by?

[@error4159]

Tagging these women as witches is a excellent way to turn people against them and to nullify whatever they say.

[@rbilleaud]

One of these "witches" actually appeared on the Telltale Atheist channel and told the host that this all devolved out of a disagreement between Locke and this couple that were working for him. His way of lashing out was to accuse them of being witches to push them out of the church. Locke doesn't believe a word of what he's saying it's just his way of name calling.

[@KateryReminiec9399]

And finger pointing

[@Thelastunicornlover]

Greg Locke is 🤮. Telltale is where I first heard about him.

[@semioticapocalypse9774]

Re: body language experts, Munecat did a great video debunking that field. I urge people to check that out. If I'm not mistaken, a this witch tirade came on the back of accusations of inappropriate relationships he was having with at least one church member. His wife left him and he's been super quiet about the details, so it's interesting that two of these "witches" were a part of her prayer group.

[@pattheplanter]

Wife reportedly in a women's shelter and has accused him of abuse.

[@krisaaron5771]

@@pattheplanter Just listening to that self-righteous nasal whine is more abuse than anyone should have to tolerate!

[@spencers4121]

Unless it's another case, the one I saw months ago was a "power" struggle with some close friends they had let into their circle.

[@rianmacdonald9454]

@@pattheplanter is anyone surprised - the bible thumping muppets that believe the bible is from their almighty god, the most moral being, yet says ''spare the rod, spoil the child'' ''a man may beat a disobedient wife'' yeah what a surprise there, that a book that promotes abuse, actually promotes abuse among its readers - but yeah greg carry on preaching good christian values. And wonder why atheist are laughing all the way.

[@cerebraltackle]

There absolutely IS science behind body language. It's highly misunderstood...and I don't take a common KZbin'er as an expert.

[@acfkelly6291]

I was regularly called demon possessed as a child. First, they prayed for me to talk. When I did (5ish) I dared ask questions

[@TSchwanger]

This comment makes me sad. I can only imagine what you've endured.

[@lapetitemorte6307]

Are you me? I was told regularly my blood was 'tainted with the blood of demons' & that I should 'just wander into the desert to spare humanity from my existence'. The 1st time I remember hearing those specifically was when I was 4. Survived my 1st exorcism at 8, to 'drive the demons of lust & falsehood out of my body'.

[@vanissaberg5824]

@@lapetitemorte6307 my parents regularly accused me of "inviting demons and evil spirits into me" from a young age (because I had violent nightmares and vivid dreams a lot and symptoms of depression). Thankfully I never had to endure an exercism by their church, but the whole church would talk about my "demons" and how "the lord is testing me" over the pulpit. It was humiliating and nobody ever offered me any relief. It wasn't until much later I found out I'm likely on the autism spectrum, and have anxiety and depression that was causing the problem. It wasn't demons at all.

[@invaderhorizongreen8168]

@@lapetitemorte6307 what kind of sick pervert thinks a 8 year old or less wants to be sexy and otherwise.

[@vinx.9099]

"Please speak." "NO NIT LIKE THAT!!!" I hope you're with better people now.

[@renatocorvaro6924]

It's weird to learn about the Salem Witch Trials and then years later find out that this shit is *still* happening.

[@DinosaurianDude]

"And your little dog, too!" is exactly what the supposed witch hunter would say after being exposed as putting up a fake haunting by Mystery Incorporated. Greg is an admitted Scooby Doo villain!😂

[@kyleshiflet9952]

And I would've gotten away with if weren't for you meddling kids and your dog

[@Thelastunicornlover]

😂👍

[@BarerMender]

The nice thing -- the wonderful thing -- about watching Emma is the intimacy. I feel directly addressed, as we're in the same room talking to each other. It's so warm and friendly. I love it.

[@WilliamTaylorIII]

I am about 40 years too old and Emma is way out of my league but I agree and Emma's partner is a very lucky person, I hope they know that.

[@mikilin4750]

As someone who considers themself a witch, I'd like to say that you don't have to be Wiccan to be a witch, you can be a part of any religious group and consider yourself a witch 🤗

[@grmpEqweer]

Greg "It's not methamphetamine, it's the spirit of the LORD!" Locke.

[@autobotstarscream765]

Now that's what I call sorcery!

[@daydays12]

🙂

[@Thelastunicornlover]

😂😂😂

[@willschoonover8654]

growing up Pentecostal Christian, this kind of stuff was a constant in my life. The Satanic Panic peaked in the 80s, but it has never ended for a lot of people.

[@whatabouttheearth]

There was a recent long term PEW study released that found that since the late 80s/early 90s (Satanic Panic time) the membership of the protestant churches, mainly evangelicals, in the United States has been steadily decreasing and it will be a minority religion within 30 years if this rate continues. They did it to themselves.

[@invaderhorizongreen8168]

Humanity often wants a quick easy to go to scapegoat than look in the mirror and change ourselves.

[@jesusgavemeaids]

No it didn't. Growing up & into my late teens/early 20s, my parents neighbors had a relative who was a religious nutjob & a municipal court judge. It is smaller town & I was always a little different, mostly just because of the music I like. Well, the judge didn't like that. He despised me. He'd have cops follow me (& my friends) & harass us. We were accused of stuff we didn't do...even stuff that never happened. If I was actually charged with something it was awful (even illegal/unconstitutional but I didn't know that then. He once told my mom when I was a teenager that I was a "devil worshipper" & he was gonna put me in jail for 6 months for it. 😮 A few other examples.... One of his cops arrested me for DUI even though I passed the breath test with ALL ZEROS. No blood test or anything else. Just a breath test. Still found guilty. Another time I was charged with underage drinking (but I was actually guilty of that one.) He gave me the max fine for it plus 3 days in jail. They put all the local court cases in our local newspaper, & in all my life, even to this day, I've never seen anyone get the max fine for underage drinking, & never EVER seen anyone get jail time for it. Just me. (Sigh) if only I knew then what I know now.

[@nightmarerex2035]

@@jesusgavemeaids wonder who built this shit hole : "the cubes of otherworld" description: up, below and in all dirrections lay cubes, housing aproxamtly 500-1000 occupants per cube, spiratualy chained on the outside in a monstrous deformed, form. infact demon, SCP, human, angel, were INDISQUNIABLE in here, felt like very angry all-powerfull beaning very angry at all here, being licked by some worse fate than invisable "super lightning" , "super sayiens, and appolyon SCPS would cry like an unborn kitten!, in here, dished to a mere HUMAN, God [REDRACTED]! "cotton candy machine" description: two souls, usaly of two races that hated eachother on earth, for no real good reason mostly, placed into what appears to be a head of waht apepars to be a large groutesque "Cotton candy machine" , exept blood and flesh, and unnseavered neves, mixing very painfully, with full pain the two induviduals untill the two are indisqunsable form eachother., afrter this some "rollers" condinue to mash the cotton candy of souls agaisnt the wall, casuing even more exxuciating pain. machine ofton will repeat this process, in which more souls will be mixed togeather, eventualy what appears to be thousonds even millions of souls are stuck to the walls of the machine, being tormented by large rollers keeping them all in an indesinquable grotesque mass of flesh. tormenting voice ofton hered saying “you are all the same here, forever you wull be forced togeather becuase you forced yourselves apart on earth” "singularity" description: a "persomal black hole" of sorts, punishment given to those that belived big bang instead of jesus christ body is partiualy deformed while black hole eternialy, while also quazaring, attempts to suck in the soul, only results in partial painfull descuctio, soul feels pain of being in black hole, without servring of the nerves, and a ghastly nueatron stars quazar at the same time! God [REDRACTED]!!!!! "the smasher": description, ofton other torments are applied like "the cube" "the ligthning" and "The fire" and even "The singularity", person is smashed into small atomic bits, feels pain of being in bits as if nerves were never severd, ofton combined with any above descriubed torment, for other possibal torments see SCP-666-H

[@nightmarerex2035]

its wired i read the bible makes me HATE christanity and god and jesus but the more i read scince (true scince not fake scince) the more i am like ah i love jesus and God. i mean i since a kid QUESTION EVERYTHING even "god/el/yhvh" am i going to hell for being "like a child" and questining everything could never figure out why everybody just sucks the systems D.

[@indigopines]

I was a Christian Witch! I was raised Catholic, and in my teens I mixed that with Wicca: basically, everything that encapsulates Wicca while believing that the forces in the universe were created and sometimes actively commanded by the Christian God. I'm an athiest now, but at the time I was very devout!

[@Thelastunicornlover]

😎👍

[@whyologist]

My sibling is a practicing Wiccan who is a professor at a small Christian college in the Midwest. The school knew they were Wiccan and did not care about it. My sibling wrote their dissertation on how female college students make reproductive health choices, and the school liked getting someone comfortable discussing reproductive health with the students and knew how to do it appropriately. This particular Christian sect does have a reputation for being generally more progressive than the American Evangelical movement though.

[@OllamhDrab]

I've always found it kinda funny how the Christian 'sin' and 'temptation' and ignorance narrative always leads to teen sex and sexual exploitation, when when it comes to sex ed, there's nothing I've seen that'll help kids wait for a responsible later than a circle of us old Pagan biddies telling em how wonderful sex is and all about boundaries and of course relevant biology and human respect. Especially when they weren't in an environment of repression in the first place.

[@zoekirk1848]

Was it Berea?

[@rebeccamartin2399]

Lovely news!

[@salyx]

I’m a non-theistic witch and Locke’s flip outs about witches makes me laugh my ass off every time. He’s not scared? BALONEY! 😂

[@desperadox7565]

No, you aren't. A witch by definition has magic powers and *magic does not exist* .

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

So, how does that work if I may ask? Is it beliefs centered in some form of "spiritual" idea? Nature oriented, or what is it? Just curious….

[@c.a.t.732]

@@desperadox7565 "Non-theistic" just means an absence of belief in a god or gods. It doesn't refer to magic one way of another.

[@quianachase3882]

@@desperadox7565 You may be confusing fairy tale witches with followers of wicca or similar religions/spiritual beliefs. THOSE witches are absolutely real. I'm also a witch, and I don't believe in magic, but I still do rituals and cast spells because it's fun and provides a form of "magic" and spiritual routine in my life. Magic isn't real, but witches are.

[@teleriferchnyfain]

@@desperadox7565There are plenty of witches around - it’s a spiritual path. I’m a witch. People like you generally don’t have a clue what witchcraft actually means.

[@rashadnagi7531]

I confess, I made Greg sick. I tried to use shocking grasp, but I whiffed my roll and he just caught a cold.

[@JamesJoy-yc8vs]

What? You couldn't have . . . modified the spell somehow? Were you out of sorcery points?

[@Link1400]

@@JamesJoy-yc8vsit was a misfire

[@tomokolovecraft3792]

​@@Link1400so what you're saying is, that he fired and he missed?

[@Marychelle]

This is terrifying. Back when I was still a Christian I switched churches from the one my family went to when the preacher’s wife said similar crap about people in the congregation. She said she “saw the heads of the elders of the church rolling down the aisle” because they were gossiping about her red fingernail polish. Edit: moved beginning quotation mark from ‘the’ to ‘saw’.

[@steve4167]

It was really awful nail polish to be fair. 👿🤣

[@vanfullacats]

😂

[@Marychelle]

@@steve4167 She was terrible. We had the best preacher for decades, but after, like, 40 years, he retired. That church went through several preachers after that and now no longer exists. My family was part of that church when it started under a tree just after Assembly of God started here in Arkansas . . . my great grandmother was actually in Hot Springs when the Assembly of God was created in the early 20th century.

[@williammccallum1550]

I'm glad you made it out. I have found life is so much better when you're not riding the crazy train.

[@dieSpinnt]

Hmmmm reasons. Magic? ... Possibly there are 6 women coming forward with allegations of sexual harassment. That may be a reason why suddenly this "conspicuous accumulation of witchcraft" occured in his near environment. Hehehe. Okay, there is nothing to laugh about, but I cannot help myself out of shame otherwise when I think about the audacity of these scammers. Further: "Melissa Locke also said that her now ex-husband had hit her twice, spit on her and smashed her phone.", see blackchristiannews.

[@popechucky]

I’ve said this before, he’s recycling something that was found to be a “guaranteed seller” in the 80’s. This seems to be something regurgitated every 20-30 years. For some damnable reason, these people can not exist w/o something to fight. They have 0 desire to do ANYTHING to better humanity. Rant done… Happy Ostara… Go and eat the happy little chocolate eggs

[@popechucky]

Anyone else listen to him shout, and start thinking “here come the new Nuremberg Laws”😢

[@fomori2]

Nothing says "love" better than christian hate.

[@RichWoods23]

@@popechucky "Where they burn books, they will, in the end, burn human beings too." -- _Almansor_ , Heinrich Heine, 1821.

[@mattl3729]

It sold 300 years ago too, when people had much more of an excuse to be so ignorant (not that it was a worthy excuse- it was all still totally horrible.)

[@chloesibilla8199]

As a disabled woman raised in the south with pagan parents and Jewish heritage, this whole thing terrifies me

[@charleybarley914]

theres centurys of evidence justifying your concerns. Lets all tell em to eff off together.

[@dylanmuenzberg8736]

My mom is a self proclaimed witch who previously worked as a substitute teacher. Growing up she had a sort of self concocted reglion that’s merged her Wiccan beliefs with her catholic upbringing. Eventually however, she dropped the Catholic aspect as she became entirely fed up with the church’s hypocrisy and their anti-gay sentiment (it’s me I’m the gay). She always kept her beliefs very personal out of fear of a bad reaction. Now she doesn’t care and gives tarot readings on her lunch breaks in the back room of the department store she works at.

[@nathanielbables8652]

I wish her nothing but love, peace, and success.

[@kelleywimberley]

Good for mom

[@Bonk2027]

W mom

[@ringsystemmusic]

Giving tarot readings in the back room of your department store is based.

[@justingarrett1675]

Guys like Greg Locke is the kind of person that made me leave Christianity. My wife is a Witch/Wiccan and I am Norse Pagan (New to it so I'm still learning).

[@AndromedaD]

Welcome, warrior

[@MTheBasementReader]

Fellow former Christian now Norse Pagan ❤ I love this pipeline

[@RepTechEP]

Bring open minded and learning is always good 😊👍.

[@Supermanrs]

Welcome to the craft brother. From a fellow eclectic pagan that leans towards Celtic/Norse paganism. Blessed be.

[@rebeccamartin2399]

Wow, I'm home🥰

[@musicalexistence1]

As someone deconstructing from a fundamentalist evangelical Christian cult, I greatly appreciate the snark you provide as well as the space to be mad at these people for being just yucky 😂 thank you for your good humor and still level headed approach

[@thomasvanstraelen5848]

As a D&D player, it was quite funny seeing someone playing a cleric IRL. 😁

[@dylanschmidt9056]

And quite poorly, if he didn't have any protection from evil or negative energy and allowed himself to get slapped around by a rival cleric's touch-range spells.

[@kallisto9166]

@@dylanschmidt9056 Oh, I think Pastor Greg is more the type to cast Protection From Good.

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

Lawful Evil?

[@sharlharmakhis280]

@@gorillaguerillaDK 'Lawful' might be a bit of a stretch... 🤣

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

@@sharlharmakhis280 Not really - his god is a desert dwelling fire breathing dragon, part of a larger pantheon of gods - dad the OT - he’s definitely Lawful!

[@douglasyoung927]

Yes, love having these conversations! It's "Do no harm and do as you will" but it's also "Do no harm and take no shit" The thing about witches and wiccans is that every single one of us is on our own entirely unique and individual journey, and every coven (if you chose to be in one or more covens) is also on its own journey. By that measure, wiccans often come from every background and can sometimes build systems that overlap with christian systems. Also, for the most part, all wiccans are witches but not all witches are wiccans. It's a religio-culture, so really you can be a witch by culture, by practices or beliefs, by family, or by religion, and there tends to be a lot of overlap with all of the pagan faiths. I always find it strange that literally every christian I've ever met participates in ritual warship and magic every week and they borrow a variety of things from paganism, but they are conditioned to avoid witches like the plague.

[@zoekirk1848]

Some progressive Christian churches (like the one I go to) even have pagan sub-congregations!

[@Killawife]

I'm a witch. And I was going to put a regular toad spell on Greg Locke but getting all that toad spit, rainbow streams, unicorns teeth and all other stuff you need is just so much work and very costly on ebay, so I just went in and coughed him in the face instead. Job done. They don't even lock their doors, lol!

[@Killawife]

Sorry, just noticed an error in my post. The correct term is Warlock, not witch.

[@octosquid48]

😂

[@Thelastunicornlover]

That’s bosswitch behavior!😎👍❤️

[@theriffwriter2194]

Trust me, Greg. If it were possible to make someone sick with magic you'd of already suffered the slowest, most painful case of prostate cancer ever documented!

[@ASimplegoddess]

Yep, him and all his fellow evangelical bigot grifters. Every last one of them.

[@WilliamTaylorIII]

Maybe a serious case of Hydrocele(Google if you need to), maybe anal worts.

[@autobotstarscream765]

You need the Uranium Wand of Uranus to cast that spell.

[@rorygiambalvo2955]

I love how he burnt Twilight but not actual books on building a witchcraft practice. Also, Emma, I can't speak FOR witches and pagans, but as a Christian I share a deep reverence for nature and look to natural processes and animals for guidance. I pray by my local river instead of a church because that's where I feel most connected to God. So there prolly is overlap, it's just different names for the same Power.

[@crowdemon_archives]

Burning Twilight because of witchcraft is heckin wild. Like, if you really have to burn Twilight, at least it's because of the horrendous romance, perhaps? 😂

[@LuriTV]

isn't Stephanie Meyer actually a pretty religious mormon?

[@shadowldrago]

@@LuriTV I believe so.

[@katefresina832]

@@LuriTV Yeah she's a hardcore Mormon

[@romamoran1337]

Emma if you say "Magic Spoon is 100% witch-affiliated" I'd be instantly sold 😆

[@ArtieThomas]

Very dangerous man, especially to those over whom he holds sway. He is teaching people to hate.

[@LukeSilver-fe7iv]

I would put it past Greg locke to rekindle a new Salem witch trials.

[@daydays12]

so true

[@unduloid]

"What makes you think she is a witch?" "Well, she turned me into a newt." "A newt?" "I got better."

[@MelanaC]

Hello… practicing Pagan here 🙋🏻‍♀️ I am Wiccan… we are full of peace, calm and love. If I had an physical science defying powers, I wouldn’t be disabled, or in daily pain or have mental health issues! Wiccan has saved me from no longer being alive …if you get me Protection, intentions, tarot, daily blessings… that’s it folks Edit: I was raised by a evangelical Christian grama and she was fantabulous! She always said to respect every other religion and if I ever wanted to know anything about the bible to research the original Aramaic text (spelling might be wrong) she was a solid advocate for understanding all beliefs including Wiccan which she researched with me when I came out of the broom closet 🥰🥰

[@corvinredacted]

Interesting how he knows about all of these evil witches who are totally scary and very very threatening, yet he declines to call them out on the spot unless they "so much as cough wrong". What, all of the evil magic and illness was forgivable up til this point? And when he does call them out it's only three. It's almost like he just wants something ambiguous to hang over everybody's heads and keep people in line...

[@tomsenior7405]

Greg Locke. Such a lovely fellow. Handsome, Intelligent, Kind, Honest, Decent, Pro-Trans, Pro-Freedom of Expression, Pro-Bodily Autonomy, Conspiracy Denier, Pro-Vaccinations, Pro-Love... None of these words apply to the vile, little Tw@t. I do not think KZbin would allow me to post my honest thoughts. A shame really, as I could go on for quite some time. Instead, I will allow Emma to provide a much more eloquent response.

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

@Tom Senior Say more. I have. YT doesn't block too much. He's a complete F^CK Head. Totally looney!

[@Tempus-N0X]

You forgot poster child of what meth does to a person…oh what he found god and was saved…..ahh, no greater hate than Christian nationalist love….

[@kasiar1540]

Another repulsive monster is Doug Wilson

[@KateryReminiec9399]

Thou shall not lie Thou shall not bear false witness Thou Shall not kill Dan ,Does Greg Locke know that He's breaking these three of the Ten Commandments ?

[@juliusdauksys2183]

Just gonna say it... he looks like a gay guy who is poz and takes anon loads in public/cheap motels... definitely gives me that vibe

[@indigo2322]

First video I saw from you, immediately subscribed. I had a hell of a religious/spiritual journey up until this point. I grew up in a Conservative Christian household, blindly believing in everything the church told me, and was told to never question it. 2020 for me was the year I really changed, after a whole year of moving out from the house, I really came to terms with myself. I didn't belong in the Christian belief, it never worked for me, so I took to researching Wiccan and Paganism (Specifically Norse). While this...honestly clicked for me better, I still didn't feel dedicated, and up until now, became Agnostic. I am much happier like this, much more independent and self-aware. It is still a process, and I leave everyone alone. My sister practices Wiccan, not sure exactly where she stands in terms of belief but she does tarot readings which I think is really interesting.

[@segue2ant395]

Greg Locke replaced the wood-chip in his tent with astroturf because they kept finding Tarot cards buried in the woodchip. I wanna congratulate whoever that was.

[@daniellamcgee4251]

Please don't get sucked into the 'body language expert' scam, Emma!! There is no training to become an 'expert'. They don't account for physical conditions, or anatomy. You know as much as they do, in that you can read emotions.

[@charisma-hornum-fries]

Not only that but they don't account for knowledge of the person or the actual statements of a person. Eg Norway has moved on from.using body language as applicable in court.

[@KateryReminiec9399]

Daniella, Ever Heard of Polygraph tester ? This is some who also takes the movemrnts of the body while conducting the polygraph in to account while administering the Polygraph test itself

[@Kiki-vc1xo]

@@KateryReminiec9399 polygraph is also pseudo-science

[@Amandoop]

Münecat did an amazing video debunking the whole industry

[@daniellamcgee4251]

@@KateryReminiec9399 Yes, I have heard of the polygraph test. It is mainly used in the U.S.A. Not in other countries as it is a flawed form of measurement. For example, a pathological liar is unlikely to exhibit a heightened heart rate. Someone who is highly anxious, has imposter syndrome, has high levels of guilt, or all of them combined, may have a spiking heart rate when telling the truth. Some have medications, or medical conditions that raise, or lower, the heart rate. Someone might have a specific, unrelated memory triggered that could alter the heart rate. False negatives. and false possivites are common, as there are too many factors being measured, which don't necessarily indicate truth.

[@Aaron-mj9ie]

I'm an atheist that in many ways despises religion, yet I like Paganism and wiccan faiths because they almost seem more genuine in some way. Like, most of the time the person that has those beliefs had to go out on their own accord and seek out that knowledge and insight, as opposed to 99% of Christians who had it shoveled onto them when they were most vulnerable.

[@KoffeeMom]

the whole sage bit reminded me of a high school teacher who asked for a "float word" for her screensaver and I suggested "penumbra". She said to, and I quote, "I don't want any sadistic Wiccan words." Penumbra. As in the stage of an eclipse where the shadow on the sun/moon is perfectly centered. Obviously she wasn't a science teacher. Or an English teacher.

[@whatabouttheearth]

😂 it's not as satanic as that evil SYZYGY

[@yomama2376]

Float word?

[@whatabouttheearth]

@@yomama2376 Words or phrases on a computer screen saver that float around your screen, lol very Windows XPish.

[@crowdemon_archives]

Penumbra is an incredibly normal word, lmao what

[@whatabouttheearth]

@@crowdemon_archives When is penumbra used other than in science though? These evangelical conservative types are SHOCKINGLY ignorant about science, I would not expect most of them to know of the word penumbra

[@kyleshiflet9952]

I love evangelical preachers, they're a great way to remind me I'm not a egotistical,greedy,psychopathic jerk

[@sirrevzalot]

A prominent speaker on eastern religion and philosophy, Alan Watts, would often say with reference to the Yin-Yang, “I am the filth I despise in others.” There’s no separation there in reality, and the louder one says, “I’m glad I’m not one of those X, Y, and Z people,” the closer to them we tend to be. Dualism swings both ways; be careful with that.

[@kyleshiflet9952]

@Sir Revzalot your right I just get so caught up with these guys

[@witchofthelandandsea4143]

I am a Witch, I am deeply connected with nature and pray using visual symbolism to manifest.(spells) I left my Christian cult (LDS) after getting PTSD from visiting the temple for the first time. All my life being told not to do spells and practice in a way I felt most connected and to just “stop” seeing auras. The bishop knew I was different and concluded with me to just not talk about my gifts. (The only talent I had at the time) I struggled in life and to just arrive at the temple and find its filled with spells made me crack and fall to ash. Am I not allowed because I am a woman? Witchcraft has healed my heart and allows me to be who I am to the fullest. Do no harm and take none.🌿

[@erincarr9411]

From the US. When I lived in AZ, I knew of one witch who was a high-school teacher. He was an amazing teacher. I also knew of a woman who probably wouldn't call herself a witch but was a part of an animistic group, she used divination and drumb journeys etc, and saw Jesus and God as her panthenon.. we knew she went to church, but her church didn't know she came to our church too.

[@phillipstephens4522]

In case anyone is interested, the verse in the King James Bible that says, "Suffer not a witch to live" is because King James was afraid of witches and wanted this in there. If I remember correctly, he basically told the scholars doing the translations he'd kill them if they didn't do it. Now for the real kicker -- the original Greek or Hebrew (I forget which) would translate as "wise one(s)". So a literal translation would be -- kill the wise people!! You can research this if you choose to. Just something I stumbled across when I was looking something else up.

[@jpopelish]

It would have been so great if about a hundred people got up and left when he exhorted the supposed dozen witches to get out. A lost opportunity to see his panic/ fake bluster reaction.

[@NewNecro]

I don't have any faith there's any sane audience left for his time slot unfortunately. I have far more confidence in him getting applauded for saying he ate a witch whole than there's anyone left to turn away from him.

[@RichWoods23]

People who manage to keep their grip on reality usually don't stay for long in a church like that; there's a tendency in the Bible Belt for families to shop around for preachers they like. It only sounded like about a quarter of the congregation were applauding his revelation (I've seen the full video), but I bet that reaction alone left a few people there thinking, "If we don't come back next week, will these nutters think we were the witches?"

[@autobotstarscream765]

​@@NewNecro Frenzied congregation: "Well, you are what you eat!" _Grabs their pitchforks and torches to burn Greg Locke as a witch_

[@Alistair-gi3bx]

He uses the term witches like right wingers use the word groomer. It's to rile up his base but ultimately doesn't mean anything in his movement. I'm sure others have pointed it out but the earliest "we have witches in my wife's bible study" is him in a power struggle with private security couple he had that was part if his congregation. Owen of Telltale atheist did a pretty good investigation into it.

[@Wednesdaywoe1975]

It means it's ok to harass and attack women, just like "groomer" makes it ok to harass and attack LGBTQ people.

[@azzamat001]

Isn't it interesting how a 'peaceful man of god' finds it neccessary to have private security? (let alone private security to get into a power struggle with and accuse of being witches)

[@crowdemon_archives]

@@azzamat001 Sounds like a self-made problem.

[@azzamat001]

@@crowdemon_archives Agreed. And also odd as most priests (no matter the faith) aren't so concerned about assault or assassination that they feel the need to have protection. So what is this guy hiding?

[@JamesJoy-yc8vs]

As I understand, the security is due to his celebrity status; he is pastor for at least a couple of big names in organizations sharing his general worldview. He's also a news darling because he provides juicy copy, such as: mocking COVID restrictions, denying the 2020 election - including his sermon to the Jan 6th mob, endorsing alleged Christian Nationalists and similar extremist groups (apparently at some point his security staff included Proud Boys), spouting partisan rhetoric from the pulpit, his messy divorce, the witch thing, lawsuits from noise and traffic complaints to zoning violations, and deleting all his Facebook posts 2015-2021 (this last because "The Lord told {him} to"). So he's more than just a firebrand - he is *A Brand* with all the associated apparatus

[@krystinay]

Im a historian specializing in witchcraft and I think he read accounts of the Salen Witch Trials and based his entire personality off of it. This is such an echo of the Salem puritanical fire and brimstone. And that was all like... pre-scientific understanding and progress. It's interesting that he is literally living like 17th century

[@charleybarley914]

if u ever get to upstate NY, Cornell has quite the witchcraft collection available for research.

[@octosquid48]

Some people never change I guess

[@Lost-Lilim]

Big Joseph McCarthy energy from Locke. "I have in my possession a list of witches. No you can't see it."

[@lorenemaurer3310]

I've actually worked with a few wiccans. Super sweet people, very naturalist in belief. Don't really understand their practices myself, but I've never met a wiccan who'll tell you you are "wrong" for simply existing the way that you already do.

[@Demotri11]

Imagining Emma meticulously creating rations of Magic Spoon for her mom is so hilarious and wholesome

[@jpopelish]

So, he doesn't understand how mail delivery works. Assumes that if a group gets mail from a single source, they all have to have the same delivery address.

[@ratzomimic8987]

I personally identified as a male witch in my teenage years. My mom still believes it. It was fun and helped me out giving me some semblance of order in tough times. I have met a few Wiccan and they all seemed like nice people. I am now atheist but still have fun with Wiccan and the occult. There is really no harm done by anyone especially since it's not real but it can give you a sense of control in the world. If I am being honest despite my disbelief now there are still things that happened then I can't explain😅.

[@wanderingfool6312]

As long as you’re happy, it’s all good. BB

[@wilberwhateley7569]

I dabbled in the occult during my college years - never took it too seriously, but it was interesting to study a different form of spirituality from the one I was raised in: while I reject it as a belief, I can see value in the practice of certain rites as a form of psychodrama to get one in a proper mindset to tackle a difficult challenge.

[@OllamhDrab]

Heh, I only actually met Wiccans after my pretense of hard rationalism became bad science, given the 'weirdness' ;) Found their ways quite compatible with what'd been going on anyway. ;)

[@tiryaclearsong421]

​@@wilberwhateley7569I'm in the final stretch of my dissertation and I turned to some wicca rituals to get through the day. I'm too agnostic to claim a faith but it can evoke a powerful placebo effect. It seems to work better for me and suck less than cold showers.

[@merciknighta.k.atranzantic8193]

I am a norse pagan witch but I always say do not let your faith outweigh your common sense

[@jessiedarrelljarbadan7326]

Gosh, maybe I should get practicing as a witch and start “laying hands” on all the bigots in my community to get them to shut up and stop spreading hate for a few day? I had no idea witches had so much power for good. Thanks Emma!

[@conservativesaresymps]

😂 hell. Yes.

[@fallenangel2438]

Tbh that only cause more problems than there currently is, people like Gregg want a retaliation so they want someone other than themselves to blame, no offence, I would be tempted too

[@nightmarerex2035]

i just need a love spell to get a fucking girl sucks not being a normie sometimes :(

[@SimonD992]

My favourite English teacher in school was Wicca. She was a cool old hippie lady who loved to inspire her students

[@alexbadila1]

This video has inspired me to put on gaudy sunglasses and shout "GONGLE TIME!!!" every time I google something from now on. Thanks, Emma.

[@tomboughan2718]

It turned out that he accused a couple of being witches. They were part of his security. They had disagree with something minor about what Greg was doing, so he got an elder approached them and said Greg wants them out, accusing of witchcraft. He don't like anyone disagreeing with him on anything. Which makes his church a cult or cult like.

[@LeniDell]

Exactly and we’ll said. He’s the biggest grifting unhinged hypocrite ever. He apparently killed way too many brain cells back when he was a meth addict lol.

[@crackheadadventures]

10:18 There are Christian witches! While not super common (especially among congregations who look down on witchcraft) they certainly exist. Additionally, a lot of Christian denominations have practices derived from paganism. For example, Samhain was a Celtic festival that marked the end of the harvest season, and a Pope ran a missionary project to put the local customs in a Catholic context (makes conversion easier). And that's how we got Halloween and All Saints Day! The cool thing about being a witch is how widespread it can be (meaning one can be Wiccan, or a Christian witch, or a secular witch, and so on). Hope that helps, if you see this :)

[@MrNoob-xo5uz]

Feast of All Holy Martyrs already existed and was moved from mid-May to October 31 for those reasons.

[@falconeshield]

God Christians are so boring. They make everything about Christ except they forget about Jesus himself.

[@ryshow9118]

My first and only thought about him hollering about 6 evil women in the church, is that he's been assaulting women and they threatened to expose him.

[@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety]

Growing up watching Bewitched & The Craft, I wanted magic to be real. I studied it briefly, before giving up hope. I still have a couple spell books that are beautifully illustrated.

[@aidenharvey3784]

Magic is real from certain perspectives. If there are animals that can defy the laws of nature and even achieve immortality, then there must be something more in the universe beyond what we know; never give up hope 😘

[@evorock]

Thanks for the nice words for us teachers. It's a bloody hard job, but I love it. However, I CAN confirm, that during my PGCE interview I was not asked if I was a witch 😂

[@RichWoods23]

Yeah, you only get asked that at the postgrad version of Hogwarts. Which Locke is convinced exists somewhere, I'm sure.

[@evorock]

@@RichWoods23 mind you, I am a science teacher, which is like magic (witchcraft) to these people Only real 🤣🤣

[@RichWoods23]

@@evorock I'm supposed to believe you're a science teacher? If you were truly a science teacher, you'd be able to tell me how telekinesis spells work! I was planning on taking a PGCE once, very early in my career. Unfortunately the department I worked for had to cut their teaching hours by a third, leaving me unable to afford the course. I was cursed, I tell you, cursed! Cursed by the witch running the government at the time.

[@evorock]

@Rich Woods i know, science education these days is SERIOUSLY lacking, lol. Seriously though, reconsider the PGCE. It's so worth it

[@RichWoods23]

@@evorock I appreciate the advice, but when I said very early in my career, I meant three years in. I'm now retired.

[@kenharness7430]

Great video Emma. I grew up Independent Fundamentalist Baptist, the same that Greg was before he left. Most of his beliefs are still the same, just more in your face. We also believed all types of things could lead to demon possession. Most of my family are still IFB, but I eventually was able to embrace Atheism and am much happier for it.

[@LaRossaSelvaggia]

As for whether he’s a grifter or insane, Kurt Vonnegut wrote, “Be careful who you pretend to be, because you *are* who you pretend to be.”

[@autobotstarscream765]

Greg Locke, Persona Villain

[@lydiafwilliams]

I'm a witch and a teacher, so I promise we do exist! Summer term is always fun when students can see the pentagram tattoo on my shoulder and I have to deflect in case someone has a fundamentalist parent. Certainly the practice tends to draw minorities, the coven I set up in school (in Australia's bible no less) were all girls, queer or both!

[@petemccutchen3266]

People who claim to be witches do exist. But those people lack supernatural or magic powers, because the supernatural does not exist and magic isn’t real. Witches cannot summon demons any more than I can summon Captain America.

[@mahta_the_crumpet]

Ur coven sounds exactly like how I imagine heaven to be

[@protoborg]

I applaud you, my friend. More people need to be like you as you strike me as the kind of person who makes the world a better place. Thank you.

[@wanderingfool6312]

BB

[@CoolBreezeHeals]

Aloha and Blessed Be!

[@Black_Knight767]

Tangentially related, but smudging has become such a huge trend in New Age practice that a large amount of the white sage you'll see in stores are the product of poaching. The way it's poached kills the plant, as they just yank it from the roots. Often it's stolen from reservation territory or federal grounds. It's not quite to the point of the plants being classified as endangered, but they're bordering on vulnerable.

[@simonforest2558]

he did name one of the witch, and she gave her side of the story. she was the head of security or something and had some decent authority over staff and people. she started opposing some of his decision and then was suddenly branded a witch and removed. its been a while so i dont remember the details that well anymore.

[@LeniDell]

Yep. A married couple that actually worked for him, and he got mad at lol. Mind you those 2 aren’t much better than him. So I’d call this divine karma for them lol. Locke is genuinely a grifting nut job.

[@elisquier5380]

My mom is actually a Christian Witch! Im not particularly religious or spiritual but I still think its a fun vibe lmao

[@miguelatkinson]

That kinda of bizarre considering what Christianity says on witchcraft and magic

[@someonerandom256]

​@@miguelatkinson Christianity is basically witchcraft. They just don't want anybody else doing what they do.

[@protoborg]

@@miguelatkinson Oh, you mean absolutely nothing?

[@miguelatkinson]

@@protoborg wait what do you mean they kinda do say somethings against witchcraft and magic practitioners

[@mizquitl]

@@miguelatkinson If you mean what "The Church" has concocted in the "Malleus Maleficarum", I find that very convenient for them. You make up an enemy, create vague indications and come up with "methods" to "gather evidence" and how to "cleanse" the world.

[@eric2500]

Thanks for the broom, Greg, mine was in the shop getting the carburetor fixed!

[@kensmith5694]

Yours isn't fuel injected?

[@timriley4543]

Creatures like Greg Locke makes me remind myself we're living in the 21st century - not the 16th. When will these dinosaurs disappear in the rearview mirror forever? (I hate it it when abject archaic lunacy keeps getting a seat at the table). Big love to you and your show, Emma.

[@bookgirlny8511]

For real

[@krisaaron5771]

Dinosaur "logic" says if it worked before it should work again. As long as the donations keep coming in Greg will continue to perform for his audience.

[@mattl3729]

@@krisaaron5771 And as long as there are people who are, sadly, easily manipulated, not-terribly intelligent and otherwise indoctrinated since they were young. That's where these clowns get their 'power'.

[@timriley4543]

@@krisaaron5771 - “What a world, what a world” Wicked Witch of the West (or was it East?)

[@horrido666]

The backstory is fascinating. At least two of the 'witches' were friends of Locke and his wife, well - lets say former friends. Maybe associates is a better words. Furthermore, someone in the congregation had been playing with Locke's head for months, by hiding tarot cards on the premises. That's the reason he thinks there are 'witches' afoot. 🤣

[@bozimsaho5590]

Yep, I think I saw these 2 doing an interview. Didn't see the original but saw it on Owen Morgan's channel, not sure which one.

[@elen5871]

good lord ... I wonder if there are any notorious shitheads near me that I can fuck with similarly..

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

Owen rocks!

[@heytheyby]

@@LukeMcGuireoides, came to shout out Owen's channel! Y'all are already on it.

[@SamP-by7iv]

oh my, whoever is hiding the tarot cards is a high level troll. respect

[@lizzykayOT7]

My mum burned my witch texts 20+ years ago, I had forgotten about it. My family is religious, but I generally don't think of them as extremists. But they always have a thing with witches. It's very sad. They always seems so happy to find something to criticise, I guess it makes some Christians feel special if they think the witches or demons are responsible for their life's problem.

[@Crosis101]

“If i am not oppressed and attacked, what is my life even for?”-every church I attended in the rich, upper class suburbs churches.

[@PetrolJunkie]

To be honest, I'd tell a man like Greg all of my secrets if I where a witch because there is no way any sane person would believe him. 😂

[@arnoldfossman1701]

I'm pretty convinced that his congregation is composed of people who are a bit less than sane.

[@FlowersOfIcetor]

Perfect grimoire! Paperless and rent-free

[@itsPandorasJar]

I’m not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but my great grandmother grew up in West Virginia, I never met her but when I started to learn about her I started to learn about Appalachian grannies. Appalachian folk magic does have a lot of crossover with Christianity, and actually a lot of the practices use the King James bible. Backwoods Witchcraft by by Jake Richards is an awesome read if you wanted to check out more, plus if you wanted a great podcast Old Gods of Appalachia is amazing 😊

[@jonniezealot5806]

The poor witch gets up at 4:am Sunday morning to make it to church by 6am pays her tythe sits down and gets absolutely shit on .

[@Tupelo927]

Hooray, just in time for Zombie Jeebus day! Thank you, Emma! Best Easter gift I've gotten in ages

[@wilberwhateley7569]

Careful - if Jesus bites you, you must amputate the limb quickly or else become one of the undead!

[@nightmarerex2035]

you mean istar day and all "christan" holidays are actualy "pagan"

[@electrochipvoidsoul1219]

He prefers the term "transliving". 💅

[@autobotstarscream765]

​@@nightmarerex2035 The followers of Eostre don't even seem to accept Ishtar as being the same goddess, so it's even more mixed-up than it looks!

[@kevinsosa2906]

'When you're born, you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat.' --- George Carlin

[@mattl3729]

He was a clever man. I often think it's probably a good thing he's gone now, as the world of today would probably have made his head explode. He deserves a rest.

[@kevinsosa2906]

@@mattl3729 If George were still alive today, he would have a lot more to joke about, but I understand you.

[@johnmcavinue9125]

Imagine seeing this sermon in the context of “church shopping” that many people do after moving to a new area. Who would do a follow up visit?

[@duckgnome]

My first exposure to greggy boy was a video of him pissed at dunkin donuts because the managers told him to leave because he wasn't wearing a mask. He was also really pissed that someone parked next to him in the parking lot. wish I could find that video.

[@nix6940]

I only found your channel a month or two ago and I wanted to say how delightful I find your content. You are a ray of sunshine in what can be a hateful world. Keep up the good work, Emma.

[@EmmaThorneVideos]

Thank you so much :3

[@Mattlovesanime64]

Makes me think of the show What We Do in the Shadows, where Nadja will blame everything on witches. I can picture him at home saying things like “the witches conjured away my keys again” or “witches made me bash my foot against that piece of furniture.”

[@merlinambrosius4398]

Ooooh this should be hilarious! The irony of your sponsorship is not lost 😂😂😂

[@Darth12000]

When he first said to have identified a bunch of witches in his congregation, he claimed there were 6 of them (as we saw) and threatened to expose their personal information in front of the congregation. Shortly after he admitted there were only 2, and elsewhere the 2 in question spoke out : a couple (yup the husband was labelled witch instead of warlock) who was employed close to Greg as security to Greg (for the husband) and to his wife (for the wife). the 2 couples had become friends for months that way, but had recently had a fallout, and Greg pre-emptively shunned them via his declaration. Telltale had a close look on it while it was happenning

[@bosnianlady10]

Modern day witch hunts, “two witches in my wife’s Bible study”…I so wanted to be there when they have next Bible study.

[@ThatGuy-ot1gt]

Telltale has done a bunch of stuff on this guy if you're interested in some background. They weren't witches. They were members of his church who he became jealous of.

[@jeffreylehman1159]

I am shocked!!…..not really

[@georgem2334]

Greg Locke: When crazy is not crazy enough.

[@valentine_xoxo]

as a witch i use a d20 to curse people, but I suffer from low rolls so I'm not a very good witch

[@phyrefey]

I've known quite a few Christian Witches. Those who actually follow Jesus for the 'love thy neighbor' part are great people and wonderful witches.

[@xErinxx]

I’m Buddhist by religion and identify as a witch, and I’m a high school teacher! I was raised buddhist and find that ideology to be true to me, however I’ve added my own spiritual practices, such as cleansing rituals, spellwork, tarot reading, and celebrating the solstices/equinoxes (which many types of pagans and witches do to connect with nature and be more in tune with natural cycles). In the witch sphere, we really just recognize anyone who does any type of metaphysical work as being witches or witch-adjacent (like the label “practitioner” etc). It’s as simple as that. Witchcraft is a form of practice, it doesn’t inherently say anything about your religious beliefs other than that you believe *something.* But even atheists can be witches, and we welcome them too. I just happen to also be passionate about teaching, so I’m also a teacher. Me being a witch doesn’t bleed into my classroom other than being an open minded and respectful person. So scary!

[@pamelaheriges3654]

His symptoms of illness sounds more like late stage syphilis than magic. 😂

[@rasputin3263]

The "Witches" in question were a couple that worked with him and his wife and they aren't witches. 😂

[@fluffyduckbutt24]

Yea the couple was becoming more popular than Greg so Greg made up stuff about her being a witch. Greg Locke is a vile vile human.