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.
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!
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
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.
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
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!
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! ✊🏽
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.
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...
@@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 :/
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).
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.
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!
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!
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.
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!!! ❤❤❤
@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.
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
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)
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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) ..
@@AzhidaReminiec9999 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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
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.
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 🤗
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'.
@@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.
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).
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!
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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
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 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.
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.
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
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.)
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 RUclips 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.
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 ?
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.
@@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!
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.
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.🌿
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.
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 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?
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
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...
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
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.
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.
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.
@@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
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.
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.
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!
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
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. 🤣
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.
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.
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!
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.
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 🥰🥰
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.
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.
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.
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 😘
I am a practicing witch and have been for many years. First I need to say that we don't feel the need to go to church. I have been in a few since being a witch but that had nothing to do with bringing down the church. I was there because I had friends or family I was visiting and went as respect to them for hosting me at their house. Second, I used to belong to a coven and my high priestess was a teacher in middle school. No one in the school was aware, especially the kids because being a teacher was her job. Her job was to teach English, Math, and Science. Witchcraft had nothing to do with her job. To be honest most witches don't make a living with anything to do with witchcraft. I think I have only met one that runs a witchy store. Everyone I know works in construction, customer service, gardening, law enforcement, health care and so much more. I don't really know of anyone that practices at work. Lastly, most covens typically are between 3 and 13 people. Usually if a coven tends to grow more, the coven will "hive off". However there are covens that are larger. But, I don't know of any that have thousands of people.
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.
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.
@@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'.
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.
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.
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.
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 😂
@@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.
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.
I'm a little obsessed with Greg Locke. He is both fascinating and terrifying. Terrifying mostly because of the harm he causes his congregation and their loved ones as well as the potential stochastic terrorism from his congregates. Glad to see you putting a spotlight on him as well. His "deliverance" ministering is pretty scary too. Also him rapping to Eminem, lol! "My savior came, he came within me" -Greg Locke
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Hello Emma, in your video you asked if there is a crossover between witches and church goers. I'm an Atheist but my late mother considered herself a bit of a witch, Sanetra to be precise, and she was also a firm Christian believer to the end, although not a church goer. At least between Santeria circles, its very common for there to be an overlap with Christianity, despite Christianity openly denouncing it as being a demonic practice.
Christianity itself is a mix of religions. The original christians would be about a messiah coming to save Israel. Current christianity is Paul's Church. More than 50% of the books as his and he is the one that turned Jesus into a global savior and a magical man. Christianity is a mix if the j religion, mythraism, the roman religion, greek religion, babylonian and egyptian. Europeans modified it quite a bit for their needs and created a satan and hell.
That maintaining numbers thing is most definitely a large motivation for all churches in the US. In modern times people are filling the church here like rats from a sinking ship. they're also not picking up any new members from the outside world because of their complete trouble treatment of people and their focus on doing what you told without thing about it. At this put the church getting involved in politics will effectively destroy it in the US by 2040.
I've been studying Celtic theology and practicing Scottish witchcraft for 7 years. I am a self professed Witch. I'd absolutely love to educate you or anyone else about what it's like for me. Witchcraft and most Pagan religions are quite varied, I can only speak for my perspective, but I'd be thrilled to talk about it! In Scottish witchcraft, we use a very similar process called Saining. My dad is an Apostolic Pentecostal pastor and couldn't for the life of him shake the demons out of me 😂😂😂 Seriously, this is my autistic hyper fixation. I LOVE talking about my religion to those who are curious! Hell, I'm down to do an "interview with a Witch" if you want to.
I'd like to ask, but I literally know nothing about witchcraft and how it's practised in real life, so I really don't know where to begin. I assume witchcraft entails believing in certain supernatural forces since you described it as a religion. What do those forces look like in witchcraft? Ghosts? Demons? Nature personified? Thanks for the opportunity to inquire. It's not exactly common to stumble across a self-professed witch!
I'm not autistic and I adore the craft . I've practiced for thirty years . It's lovely to know that others connect with the universe that way . Blessed be .
Would be curious to hear what you have to say about your practice and the cycle of seasons, if that's a part of it that you observe. I've always liked the idea of religions that are in touch with changes in the natural world that way, and as someone who lives in a temperate climate but spends most of my time inside, season changes are interesting to me but I feel a lot more removed from the effects of seasons compared to the experiences of my ancestors.
@Mikolmisol first thing first, ask me literally anything. Second, I'm not here to proselytize, but I love talking about my practice and beliefs. Third, this isn't necessarily the same across the board. There are hundreds of different religions all lumped into Paganism and Witchcraft. Personally, I don't believe in anything supernatural, at least not in the traditional understanding of "supernatural." Nothing outside of nature (spacetime) can have an effect on nature. I do believe that there is an energetic source called Awen that all biological life taps into and is connected by. Awen means inspiration, breathe, and wind all kind of rolled up together. Very much like nature personified, but Awen isn't personal. It isn't evil or good. It just is. I am a Priestess of the Goddess Brighid, She is the personification of femininity. Her mother, Danu, is the personification of the Earth. Her father, The Dagda, is the chief God of the Pantheon. He is the personification of masculinity and the father of Druidry. To me, these entities are actually real. Not a mere idea, but ideas given life by those who worship them. I worship many gods and goddesses, but I am dedicated to and under the guidance and protection of Brighid.
It’s worth a mention that Locke has a history of infidelity and cheating with women in his churches. I’d be willing to bet that part of the Witchcraft accusations was creating smoke screen of deniability to force out a woman he had an affair with or shut her up if she was getting pushy. He’s genuinely just a terrible human being.
As someone who was raised in Wicca and whose mother is still practicing I can confirm that there is a fair amount of interaction between Wiccans and Unitarian Universalists. Both my parents happily attended the local Unitarian Universalist church for years,The cups section is the specifically Wiccan part of Unitarian Universalism
@@charisma-hornum-fries Imagine a group of witches crashing Greg's church and start performing "I put a spell on you" on stage Hocus Pocus style. I badly want to see someone do that 😂
I liked the article with the photos of modern Witches, but I took issue with the article being titled "Across America". All of the witches pictured were from New York or Vermont. But this was a good video. I've never watched your channel before, but I'll definitely be watching more!
Wow, I've left quite a few comments on this video, haven't I? I hope you don't mind. I did want to leave one more comment on this video thanking you for handling a discussion of Wicca and witchcraft so well and with much nuance. To be honest, neither Christians nor atheists tend to handle such discussions very well, so it was nice to see your well thought out video on the topic. Well done!
Dude, I have lived in Tennessee my entire life. I have my entire life figuring out what defines the state that I live in. Most of my life I thought it was without definition. However, with the last year just about, I have definitely figured out what Tennessee is all about. It is one of the most transphobic, racist, close-minded and heavily radical christian states. OH and country music! It's full of hatred/bigotry and country music. As a non-binary queer person with autism, I am 100% terrified and want to move away immediately.
Greg sure is egotistical to think a witch would waste their time on him. Cursing takes a lot of prep time and effort. And emotion to be honest. I personally would not waste anything on his behind. Not even the most basic oil.
A common and easy spell is a small sheet of paper, a problem written in lead pencil, then burn it. Or put it in your Cat's literbox.🤔 Toilet paper, or just a 2$ box of Sage, Sandalwood, or Dragon's Blood incense. Frankincense, Myrrh, or Palo Santo. Bamboo is great.
I have heard (via a video from the Telltale Atheist channel) that this was actually about someone in the church gathering influence and challenging his leadership.
🌧☕🌸 Ahhh! I understand now. I'm demonically possessed with AuDHD. Edit: If haven't seen the movie Witches of Eastwick it's a fun lil romp from decades ago that'll lighten the weekend.
When you mentioned if there are any crossover aspects of Pagan and Christian beliefs, I am reminded of certain beliefs like Louisiana voodoo, or places like Mexico, Central America, Hattian practices, and South American Macumba. You should seriously look up Santa Muerte and Jesus Malverde form Mexico. Its wild.
A grown and supposedly educated man who would spout such antiquated stupidity is horribly ignorant and terribly insecure. It is beyond me how he is allowed to do it.
This could be a good example of the nocebo effect which is opposite of the placebo where if I person believes that something made them sick they’ll become sick even if nothing physically happened to them.
One thing that strikes me about body language "experts", if you pay attention to them, is that they will change how they view certain body language based on how they view a person. For example, if a person they like crosses their arms in an interview, they'll say they are being "defiant," whereas if someone they don't like does the same, they'll use terms like "defensive". It also often goes along gender lines - a LOT of body language experts LOVE to tell you what women are really thinking. Edit: to add, I think it would be far more interesting to send one a video of you - especially one reacting to a man - and see what they say about you vs him, because I'd be willing to lay odds they would portray you in a more negative light and him in a more positive one.
Plus, if you believe in black and white magic, an actual practitioner of black magic won't even need to put up a massive show just to fuck this guy up thoroughly lol In either case, this guy seems easily intimidated by... a person not possessing a penis?
Me and my partner both have brain damage from when we were very young ( not the fault of anyone responsible, just a silly accident ). And I can confirm that we definitely are unironically identified as devils often.
@@th-ck9vl believe or not, there is "life after disability". And we are managing. We have top not medical service in my country tho. I shudder to think what might have happened to us were we born somewhere else... But I suppose we would've have managed there too, who knows.
My roommate was a college teacher for years before taking a much better government job. There is 100% hiring issues for teachers right now in the US, because teachers are treated like crap and paid like crap.
The witches got in? My goodness. I thought jebus guarded the front door with a flaming sword. Oh wait, I'll bet they used an unguarded side door. He's nuts. Love watching your videos Emma. Very entertaining and informative. I loved your christian costume. Very nice.
Yeah, I'm always astonished at how weak the Christian god really is- given all the nasties and horrible things that do their stuff despite his supposed omnipotence. I mean come on- you're supposed to be all-powerful. I just love it when priests or prayers or symbols fail to stop whatever demon from doing its thing- it sure shows the weakness of that all-powerful deity and his 'church'. Oh but they're punished in the NEXT world, not this one. Right. Easy.
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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.
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!
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
@@nathanpetrich7309 Nah, not even a god, could do the latter. Badumtss....
Ohhh no, no, Locke is 100% a grifter.
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.
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
He is being sued for something hush hush.
Interesting. And, not entirely surprising.
Ah, not much has changed.
Wow. Things... Really have not changed!
Owen rules. Love his channel. He highlights all the right wing extremist christian fundamentalist bastards.
I am a Wiccan. And if I had empirically real supernatural powers, I wouldn't be working in a pharmacy.
Greek word for sorcery pharmacopia
@@StandOnGuard4Thee Yes. I can cast a spell to cure your depression or insomnia.
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!
@@thoughtfuldevil6069yes PLEASE that would be amazing (if it were real lol)
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! ✊🏽
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.
Hell yeah!
Your last point is something I've been lucky to notice even as a christian lol 😑
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...
@@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 :/
I've met good plenty of good Christians. But I've also met many bad ones. Must say, never met a bad Wiccan before.
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).
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.
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!
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!
Hello fellow witches!
Also, I'll say it again.. magic spoon is adorable name.
@@ladymeow1226 Well, they do recycle the same old lies whenever they think their previous embarrassments have been sufficiently-forgotten. :)
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.
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"
Merry met, so glad you found a peaceful path! This man is a cult leader and terrifies me.
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!!! ❤❤❤
@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.
@@autobotstarscream765 ''I'm sorry jon'' 🤣
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
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.
That's not true. Liberals spew fascism and you cheer their hate and violence.
In the end, you are them.
And they send all their money to these fakse prophets.
@@sprig5173 look at climate activists.
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)
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
She's doing what Jesus apparently advocated - "Sell yer shit and work among the poor."
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.
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?
jesus did spend most of his life surrounded by men soooooo... 🤷🏻♀️
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.
Nope, that sign is for anyone in the anti-grammar sect of his religion.
Jesus had two dads
@@JodiStrikesBackand no Y chromosome... so a trans icon
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.
Huh, no kidding! The more you know
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) ..
@@AzhidaReminiec9999 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.
As a long practicing witch, I'm very tempted to get a cold, and go and make this man sick. 🤧
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.
Viruses: nature's indiscriminate hexes 😂
@@ProdigiaGames holy shit that's actually so funny when you think about it
@@ProdigiaGames you're so correct!
50 points to Slytherin! 😄
Lol
"She turned me into a newt!"
"A Newt?"
"I got better."
-- Holy Grail Witch Trial scene
"Very small rocks"
I came to the comments section just to say this 🤣
News Flash... preacher given the brain of a newt . Didnt get better.
That's a fair cop.
"Well we did do the nose. And the hat. But she's a witch!"
“Witches are just really nice people that drink tea and care for the environment” love it 😂
I sometimes imagine real-world witches like that
Actually ...
Guess I’m a witch then
Not all witches are like that, but the ones I know of are.
@@wranglergirl5That means I’m a witch too! Now to go curse Greg Locke!🧙🏻♀️
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.
Wife reportedly in a women's shelter and has accused him of abuse.
@@pattheplanter Just listening to that self-righteous nasal whine is more abuse than anyone should have to tolerate!
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.
@@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.
There absolutely IS science behind body language. It's highly misunderstood...and I don't take a common RUclips'er as an expert.
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.
And finger pointing
Greg Locke is 🤮. Telltale is where I first heard about him.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Humanity often wants a quick easy to go to scapegoat than look in the mirror and change ourselves.
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.
@@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
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.
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 🤗
I was regularly called demon possessed as a child. First, they prayed for me to talk. When I did (5ish) I dared ask questions
This comment makes me sad. I can only imagine what you've endured.
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'.
@@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.
@@lapetitemorte6307 what kind of sick pervert thinks a 8 year old or less wants to be sexy and otherwise.
"Please speak."
"NO NIT LIKE THAT!!!"
I hope you're with better people now.
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).
Welcome, warrior
Fellow former Christian now Norse Pagan ❤ I love this pipeline
Bring open minded and learning is always good 😊👍.
Welcome to the craft brother. From a fellow eclectic pagan that leans towards Celtic/Norse paganism. Blessed be.
Wow, I'm home🥰
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!
😎👍
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! 😂
No, you aren't. A witch by definition has magic powers and *magic does not exist* .
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….
@@desperadox7565 "Non-theistic" just means an absence of belief in a god or gods. It doesn't refer to magic one way of another.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
Some progressive Christian churches (like the one I go to) even have pagan sub-congregations!
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
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’.
It was really awful nail polish to be fair. 👿🤣
😂
@@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.
I'm glad you made it out. I have found life is so much better when you're not riding the crazy train.
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.
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
Anyone else listen to him shout, and start thinking “here come the new Nuremberg Laws”😢
Nothing says "love" better than christian hate.
@@popechucky "Where they burn books, they will, in the end, burn human beings too." -- _Almansor_ , Heinrich Heine, 1821.
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.)
As a disabled woman raised in the south with pagan parents and Jewish heritage, this whole thing terrifies me
theres centurys of evidence justifying your concerns. Lets all tell em to eff off together.
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 RUclips 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.
@Tom Senior
Say more. I have. YT doesn't block too much.
He's a complete F^CK Head.
Totally looney!
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….
Another repulsive monster is Doug Wilson
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 ?
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
As a D&D player, it was quite funny seeing someone playing a cleric IRL. 😁
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.
@@dylanschmidt9056 Oh, I think Pastor Greg is more the type to cast Protection From Good.
Lawful Evil?
@@gorillaguerillaDK 'Lawful' might be a bit of a stretch... 🤣
@@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!
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.
"What makes you think she is a witch?"
"Well, she turned me into a newt."
"A newt?"
"I got better."
Very dangerous man, especially to those over whom he holds sway. He is teaching people to hate.
I would put it past Greg locke to rekindle a new Salem witch trials.
so true
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.🌿
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.
It means it's ok to harass and attack women, just like "groomer" makes it ok to harass and attack LGBTQ people.
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)
@@azzamat001 Sounds like a self-made problem.
@@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?
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
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...
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
if u ever get to upstate NY, Cornell has quite the witchcraft collection available for research.
Some people never change I guess
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.
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.
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.
😂 it's not as satanic as that evil SYZYGY
Float word?
@@yomama2376
Words or phrases on a computer screen saver that float around your screen, lol very Windows XPish.
Penumbra is an incredibly normal word, lmao what
@@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
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.
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.
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!
😂 hell. Yes.
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
i just need a love spell to get a fucking girl sucks not being a normie sometimes :(
as a witch i use a d20 to curse people, but I suffer from low rolls so I'm not a very good witch
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. 🤣
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.
good lord ...
I wonder if there are any notorious shitheads near me that I can fuck with similarly..
Owen rocks!
@@LukeMcGuireoides, came to shout out Owen's channel! Y'all are already on it.
oh my, whoever is hiding the tarot cards is a high level troll. respect
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.
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.
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!
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.
Ur coven sounds exactly like how I imagine heaven to be
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.
BB
Aloha and Blessed Be!
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 🥰🥰
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. 😂
I'm pretty convinced that his congregation is composed of people who are a bit less than sane.
Perfect grimoire! Paperless and rent-free
My favourite English teacher in school was Wicca. She was a cool old hippie lady who loved to inspire her students
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.
“If i am not oppressed and attacked, what is my life even for?”-every church I attended in the rich, upper class suburbs churches.
I am a norse pagan witch but I always say do not let your faith outweigh your common sense
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.
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.
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.
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 😘
I am a practicing witch and have been for many years.
First I need to say that we don't feel the need to go to church. I have been in a few since being a witch but that had nothing to do with bringing down the church. I was there because I had friends or family I was visiting and went as respect to them for hosting me at their house.
Second, I used to belong to a coven and my high priestess was a teacher in middle school. No one in the school was aware, especially the kids because being a teacher was her job. Her job was to teach English, Math, and Science. Witchcraft had nothing to do with her job. To be honest most witches don't make a living with anything to do with witchcraft. I think I have only met one that runs a witchy store. Everyone I know works in construction, customer service, gardening, law enforcement, health care and so much more. I don't really know of anyone that practices at work.
Lastly, most covens typically are between 3 and 13 people. Usually if a coven tends to grow more, the coven will "hive off". However there are covens that are larger. But, I don't know of any that have thousands of people.
Witchcraft is more like a lifestyle than a job I think
Especially for me
You could just say you're a LARPer, it's easier for people to understand.
@@ComradeCrab93 It would be easier if it were true
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.
For real
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.
@@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'.
@@krisaaron5771 - “What a world, what a world” Wicked Witch of the West (or was it East?)
'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
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.
@@mattl3729 If George were still alive today, he would have a lot more to joke about, but I understand you.
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.
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.
Thank you so much :3
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 😂
Yeah, you only get asked that at the postgrad version of Hogwarts. Which Locke is convinced exists somewhere, I'm sure.
@@RichWoods23 mind you, I am a science teacher, which is like magic (witchcraft) to these people
Only real 🤣🤣
@@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.
@Rich Woods i know, science education these days is SERIOUSLY lacking, lol.
Seriously though, reconsider the PGCE. It's so worth it
@@evorock I appreciate the advice, but when I said very early in my career, I meant three years in. I'm now retired.
His symptoms of illness sounds more like late stage syphilis than magic. 😂
If my dog ever went as crazy as Greg I wouldn't even try to get him to the vet.
🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂❤❤❤ THIS ☝☝☝
Just don’t let him bite you
Lol same, I'll just spare a bullet or 3.
OMFG thankyou for being one of the only RUclipsrs that leaves sources!!!!
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.
I am shocked!!…..not really
Modern day witch hunts, “two witches in my wife’s Bible study”…I so wanted to be there when they have next Bible study.
The "Witches" in question were a couple that worked with him and his wife and they aren't witches. 😂
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.
Hooray, just in time for Zombie Jeebus day! Thank you, Emma! Best Easter gift I've gotten in ages
Careful - if Jesus bites you, you must amputate the limb quickly or else become one of the undead!
you mean istar day and all "christan" holidays are actualy "pagan"
He prefers the term "transliving". 💅
@@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!
Thanks for the broom, Greg, mine was in the shop getting the carburetor fixed!
Yours isn't fuel injected?
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.
I think he means:
"She turned me into a newt" .... "I got better"
AKA the Monty Python bit.
I'm a little obsessed with Greg Locke. He is both fascinating and terrifying. Terrifying mostly because of the harm he causes his congregation and their loved ones as well as the potential stochastic terrorism from his congregates. Glad to see you putting a spotlight on him as well. His "deliverance" ministering is pretty scary too.
Also him rapping to Eminem, lol!
"My savior came, he came within me"
-Greg Locke
Fascinating in the sense that he is a monster trying to act like a saint.
"I will allow my mom to have a portion of my magic spoon" sounds so wrong out of context.
One thing no magic spoon ad allows creators to tell us is the price. Regular cereals range from about 60 cents to $1 per 100g. Magic spoon averages $4 per 100g (up to $5 for certain 'packs'). 4x-9x more expensive! And that's for name brand sugary cereal. My breakfast of eggs and bacon costs about $0.20/g. So yeah, if you're made of money, Magic Spoon is a nice treat. The rest of us will probably stick to actual food.
Yeah. I was thinking these things are great for people with money. I'm on disability, and can't afford extras.
Hello Emma, in your video you asked if there is a crossover between witches and church goers. I'm an Atheist but my late mother considered herself a bit of a witch, Sanetra to be precise, and she was also a firm Christian believer to the end, although not a church goer. At least between Santeria circles, its very common for there to be an overlap with Christianity, despite Christianity openly denouncing it as being a demonic practice.
Christianity itself is a mix of religions. The original christians would be about a messiah coming to save Israel.
Current christianity is Paul's Church. More than 50% of the books as his and he is the one that turned Jesus into a global savior and a magical man.
Christianity is a mix if the j religion, mythraism, the roman religion, greek religion, babylonian and egyptian. Europeans modified it quite a bit for their needs and created a satan and hell.
That maintaining numbers thing is most definitely a large motivation for all churches in the US. In modern times people are filling the church here like rats from a sinking ship. they're also not picking up any new members from the outside world because of their complete trouble treatment of people and their focus on doing what you told without thing about it.
At this put the church getting involved in politics will effectively destroy it in the US by 2040.
I've been studying Celtic theology and practicing Scottish witchcraft for 7 years. I am a self professed Witch.
I'd absolutely love to educate you or anyone else about what it's like for me. Witchcraft and most Pagan religions are quite varied, I can only speak for my perspective, but I'd be thrilled to talk about it!
In Scottish witchcraft, we use a very similar process called Saining.
My dad is an Apostolic Pentecostal pastor and couldn't for the life of him shake the demons out of me 😂😂😂
Seriously, this is my autistic hyper fixation. I LOVE talking about my religion to those who are curious!
Hell, I'm down to do an "interview with a Witch" if you want to.
Soooo it's OK to have Christian SCHOOLS, but it's evil for a witch to teach? Come on, dude.
No!!!! Covens are SMALL!
I'd like to ask, but I literally know nothing about witchcraft and how it's practised in real life, so I really don't know where to begin.
I assume witchcraft entails believing in certain supernatural forces since you described it as a religion. What do those forces look like in witchcraft? Ghosts? Demons? Nature personified?
Thanks for the opportunity to inquire. It's not exactly common to stumble across a self-professed witch!
I'm not autistic and I adore the craft . I've practiced for thirty years . It's lovely to know that others connect with the universe that way . Blessed be .
Would be curious to hear what you have to say about your practice and the cycle of seasons, if that's a part of it that you observe. I've always liked the idea of religions that are in touch with changes in the natural world that way, and as someone who lives in a temperate climate but spends most of my time inside, season changes are interesting to me but I feel a lot more removed from the effects of seasons compared to the experiences of my ancestors.
@Mikolmisol first thing first, ask me literally anything.
Second, I'm not here to proselytize, but I love talking about my practice and beliefs.
Third, this isn't necessarily the same across the board. There are hundreds of different religions all lumped into Paganism and Witchcraft.
Personally, I don't believe in anything supernatural, at least not in the traditional understanding of "supernatural."
Nothing outside of nature (spacetime) can have an effect on nature. I do believe that there is an energetic source called Awen that all biological life taps into and is connected by.
Awen means inspiration, breathe, and wind all kind of rolled up together.
Very much like nature personified, but Awen isn't personal. It isn't evil or good. It just is.
I am a Priestess of the Goddess Brighid, She is the personification of femininity. Her mother, Danu, is the personification of the Earth. Her father, The Dagda, is the chief God of the Pantheon. He is the personification of masculinity and the father of Druidry.
To me, these entities are actually real. Not a mere idea, but ideas given life by those who worship them.
I worship many gods and goddesses, but I am dedicated to and under the guidance and protection of Brighid.
Hearing this stuff in modern day will never cease to be baffling. I thought we moved past the witchcraft nonsense in 1693 (Salem witch trials).
When you're not at all afraid of something, it's best to go on and on very loudly about it :)
It’s worth a mention that Locke has a history of infidelity and cheating with women in his churches. I’d be willing to bet that part of the Witchcraft accusations was creating smoke screen of deniability to force out a woman he had an affair with or shut her up if she was getting pushy. He’s genuinely just a terrible human being.
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Wouldn't be the first time a religious authority used "witchcraft" as a pretense to persecute people for whatever reason they please.
As someone who was raised in Wicca and whose mother is still practicing I can confirm that there is a fair amount of interaction between Wiccans and Unitarian Universalists. Both my parents happily attended the local Unitarian Universalist church for years,The cups section is the specifically Wiccan part of Unitarian Universalism
If witches is what Greg is afraid of, then I'm even more happy that I became an atheistic witch not too long ago. Let the show begin 😁
I'll by tickets to every show on the way 😂
@@charisma-hornum-fries Imagine a group of witches crashing Greg's church and start performing "I put a spell on you" on stage Hocus Pocus style. I badly want to see someone do that 😂
@@agent_277 I'm in!
@@agent_277 I would pay to see that. If nothing else it would prove he's lying because he wouldn't be afraid- he'd be pissed off LOL
I liked the article with the photos of modern Witches, but I took issue with the article being titled "Across America". All of the witches pictured were from New York or Vermont. But this was a good video. I've never watched your channel before, but I'll definitely be watching more!
Wow, I've left quite a few comments on this video, haven't I? I hope you don't mind.
I did want to leave one more comment on this video thanking you for handling a discussion of Wicca and witchcraft so well and with much nuance. To be honest, neither Christians nor atheists tend to handle such discussions very well, so it was nice to see your well thought out video on the topic. Well done!
Dude, I have lived in Tennessee my entire life. I have my entire life figuring out what defines the state that I live in. Most of my life I thought it was without definition. However, with the last year just about, I have definitely figured out what Tennessee is all about. It is one of the most transphobic, racist, close-minded and heavily radical christian states. OH and country music! It's full of hatred/bigotry and country music.
As a non-binary queer person with autism, I am 100% terrified and want to move away immediately.
Greg sure is egotistical to think a witch would waste their time on him. Cursing takes a lot of prep time and effort. And emotion to be honest.
I personally would not waste anything on his behind. Not even the most basic oil.
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A common and easy spell is a small sheet of paper, a problem written in lead pencil, then burn it. Or put it in your Cat's literbox.🤔
Toilet paper, or just a 2$ box of Sage, Sandalwood, or Dragon's Blood incense.
Frankincense, Myrrh, or Palo Santo. Bamboo is great.
@@karmaalstad5588 Even cat litter is too good for Greg
I have heard (via a video from the Telltale Atheist channel) that this was actually about someone in the church gathering influence and challenging his leadership.
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Ahhh! I understand now. I'm demonically possessed with AuDHD.
Edit: If haven't seen the movie Witches of Eastwick it's a fun lil romp from decades ago that'll lighten the weekend.
When you mentioned if there are any crossover aspects of Pagan and Christian beliefs, I am reminded of certain beliefs like Louisiana voodoo, or places like Mexico, Central America, Hattian practices, and South American Macumba. You should seriously look up Santa Muerte and Jesus Malverde form Mexico. Its wild.
Telltale ( Owen Morgan ) goes into a lot of detail on Pastor Locke and OMG is Locke crazy.
A grown and supposedly educated man who would spout such antiquated stupidity is horribly ignorant and terribly insecure. It is beyond me how he is allowed to do it.
This could be a good example of the nocebo effect which is opposite of the placebo where if I person believes that something made them sick they’ll become sick even if nothing physically happened to them.
If I was in a room and someone started yelling like that (about ANYTHING) I would be out of there so fast. Run away from the scary loud man!
One thing that strikes me about body language "experts", if you pay attention to them, is that they will change how they view certain body language based on how they view a person.
For example, if a person they like crosses their arms in an interview, they'll say they are being "defiant," whereas if someone they don't like does the same, they'll use terms like "defensive". It also often goes along gender lines - a LOT of body language experts LOVE to tell you what women are really thinking.
Edit: to add, I think it would be far more interesting to send one a video of you - especially one reacting to a man - and see what they say about you vs him, because I'd be willing to lay odds they would portray you in a more negative light and him in a more positive one.
11:20 this man came *so* close to shouting "I'll fly your ass out of here" in front of his entire church.
Being against witches today is .... hilarious, frankly. It's like being afraid of dragons or mermaids.
Plus, if you believe in black and white magic, an actual practitioner of black magic won't even need to put up a massive show just to fuck this guy up thoroughly lol
In either case, this guy seems easily intimidated by... a person not possessing a penis?
Not exactly. Witches exist. Of course they are like me - it’s a spiritual practice- rather than something out of The Wizard of Oz or Harry Potter.
Or hippies. :)
Me and my partner both have brain damage from when we were very young ( not the fault of anyone responsible, just a silly accident ). And I can confirm that we definitely are unironically identified as devils often.
Brain damage sounds more than a "silly" accident
@@th-ck9vl believe or not, there is "life after disability". And we are managing. We have top not medical service in my country tho. I shudder to think what might have happened to us were we born somewhere else... But I suppose we would've have managed there too, who knows.
My roommate was a college teacher for years before taking a much better government job. There is 100% hiring issues for teachers right now in the US, because teachers are treated like crap and paid like crap.
Nothing screams "wholesome" like a good book burning....
The witches got in? My goodness. I thought jebus guarded the front door with a flaming sword. Oh wait, I'll bet they used an unguarded side door. He's nuts. Love watching your videos Emma. Very entertaining and informative. I loved your christian costume. Very nice.
Santa taught us how to go down the chimney .
Ted Cruz wants churches to have only one door, for safety.
Yeah, I'm always astonished at how weak the Christian god really is- given all the nasties and horrible things that do their stuff despite his supposed omnipotence. I mean come on- you're supposed to be all-powerful. I just love it when priests or prayers or symbols fail to stop whatever demon from doing its thing- it sure shows the weakness of that all-powerful deity and his 'church'. Oh but they're punished in the NEXT world, not this one. Right. Easy.
Please do not be sympathetic to the fears of people who blame random people for the misery in their lives.