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Greg Locke to Burn Rosary Beads and Statues of Mary in Major Halloween Bonfire

Pastor Greg Locke of Global Vision Bible Church in Mount Juliet, TN, is planning a massive bonfire for Halloween night, asking his parishioners to bring all manner of evil and occultic items to burn, including Roman Catholic rosaries and statues of Mary.

Readers of Protestia will recognize Locke as the foul-mouthed, spouse -abandoning “pastor” who notoriously divorced his wife of two decades and quickly married his secretary, claimed that “Mitch McConnell is being Controlled by Illuminati Hand Signals,” threatened a Dunkin’ Donuts worker with kicking his Teeth down his Throat, put up signs telling potential visitors” If you Come to Church in a Mask, I’ll Kick you Out.”  He proffered that Your Children are Cursed + Animals Are Sick Because You’ve Been ‘Messing With Them Witches’, says Children with Autism, OCD are Almost Certainly Demon-Possessed and argued that  If you Deny Existence of Pedophile Tunnels Under the White House, You’re as Complicit as ‘Crack-smoking Perverts’.

Explaining that “Acts 19 is plain that BURNING is how we deal with cursed items and demonic trinkets and idols,” Locke goes on to list the sort of things he wants people to bring forth and set aflame, including:

“Harry Potter and “play” witchcraft… dream catchers, spell books, healing crystals and Yoga related nonsense…ANYTHING THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE EVIL OF THE MASONIC LODGE…

Masonic books, including the so called Bibles that are filled with witchcraft symbolism and false doctrine. …Every ring, pendant, apron and Shriners hat…burn all those horror and murderous movies. Rid yourself of ungodly and devilish music. Clear out satanic symbols, board games, Catholic statues, rosary beads, tarot cards and demonic games like Dungeons and Dragons and Pokémon.

It’s not the first time for Locke. 8 months ago, his church held another burning service, where he focused on the same items.

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KJVO Pastor Has a Book Burning Night, Setting Fire to NIV, ESV, NASB, and NKJV Bibles

Stedfast Baptist Church is an independent fundamental King James Only church in Watauga, TX, pastored by Jonathan Shelley, a controversial perhaps best known for publicly and repeatedly calling for the death of all homosexuals, exemplified in this brief sermon snippet:

It’s going beyond just saying you do all this wicked stuff, it’s saying you enjoy it. You enjoy murder. You enjoy malignity. You enjoy hating God. Look, there’s only one group that enjoys that, is the PRIDE parades going up down the street.

And you know, it’s great when trucks accidentally go through those, you know, parades. I think only one person died, so hopefully we can hope for more in the future.

You say ‘oh that’s mean’. Yeah, but the bible says that they’re worthy of death.

You say, ‘Are you sad when fags die?’ No, I think it’s great. I hope they all die. I would love it if every fag would die right now. And you say, ‘Well, I don’t think that’s what you really mean’. That’s exactly what I mean. I really mean it.

Far from believing that the KJV is simply the best or preferred translation, Shelley’s particular brand of fundamentalist, including notables like Steven Anderson, believe that all bible versions not the KJV are filthy vile, perversions, and deserved to be destroyed.

During the festive event, which he held August 25, 2022, Shelly tells the many children lined up to make sure they have their parents permission to toss the bibles into the burn barrel, warning ‘hell’s going to be hotter than this folks.’


h/t to the Friendly Atheist