{"id":2093,"date":"2023-09-15T10:41:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T15:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/17\/pastor-smashes-barbie-dreamhouse-with-bible-attached-to-baseball-bat-in-bizarre-video\/"},"modified":"2023-09-17T10:42:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T15:42:51","slug":"pastor-smashes-barbie-dreamhouse-with-bible-attached-to-baseball-bat-in-bizarre-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/15\/pastor-smashes-barbie-dreamhouse-with-bible-attached-to-baseball-bat-in-bizarre-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor Smashes Barbie Dreamhouse With Bible Attached To Baseball Bat In Bizarre Video"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is not the kind of Evangelicalism that we represent.  We represent Jesus and follow Him and his teaching about love and mercy, justice and kingdom, peace and transformation.<\/p>\n

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Careful everyone\u2014that Barbie Dreamhouse you may have bought after the Barbie<\/i> movie might be full of evil spirits.<\/p>\n

That’s according to infamous far-right Christian zealot and downright weirdo Greg Locke, whose recent sermon was all about the supposedly demonic influence of Barbie.<\/p>\n

But of course, every good speech needs a visual aid, right?<\/p>\n

So Locke took his sermon beyond mere words by bashing<\/a> a Barbie Dreamhouse with a baseball bat. With a Bible duct-taped to it. Hallelujah, or something.<\/p>\n

Pastor Greg Locke Smashes Barbie’s Dream House with a BIBLE WRAPPED BASEBALL BAT (Full Version)<\/p>\n

Locke, a dedicated follower of Jesus Chr\u2014er, sorry, Donald Trump, whose sermons frequently center on anti-LGBTQ+<\/a> hatred and an obsession with demon possession<\/a> (including within his own congregation<\/a>) pulled the Barbie stunt while preaching about “deliverance” to his Tennessee congregation.<\/p>\n

After reading from the Bible’s words in 2 Corinthians 10:4 on the “pulling down of strongholds,” Locke told members of his Global Vision Bible Church:<\/p>\n

\u201c[Pulling down strongholds] means you demolish the house that the evil spirit left when you kicked it out.”<\/i>
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\u201cSo maybe in our Global Vision store we need to start selling Bible bats in the name of Jesus.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He then went on to explain how demons can keep possessing you even if you’ve expelled them because you didn’t demolish the demon’s house\u2014which naturally includes things like iPhones, Netflix and other human beings’ phone numbers.
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“What some of you need to understand is that you\u2019ve been delivered from the demon, but you\u2019ve not pulled down the stronghold yet.”<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got to get rid of the triggers on that iPhone. You\u2019ve got to get rid of the triggers on that Netflix. You got to lose her number. You got to lose his number.”<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe demon comes out when you expel it. <\/i>The stronghold comes down when you demolish it with the Bible!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, being an evangelical Christian, he took those words literally by bashing a Barbie Dreamhouse with a Bible taped to a baseball bat, as Jesus famously did. Hooray!<\/p>\n

Locke’s bizarre Barbie stunt is said to have occurred before Greta Gerwig’s Barbie<\/i> movie was released. But like most conservatives, the movie has left him outraged and become something of an obsession<\/a> for him over the summer. 
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And his Barbie Dreamhouse stunt certainly raised some eyebrows on social media.<\/strong>
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@ChristnNitemare @MikeSington Just normal pastor stuff<\/p>\n

\u2014 GrimmGreen (@GrimmGreen) 1692663549<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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@ChristnNitemare @MikeSington Just like Jesus would do.<\/p>\n

\u2014 \\ud83d\\udd96 Justin Memphis (@\\ud83d\\udd96 Justin Memphis) 1692651932<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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@ChristnNitemare @MikeSington This is outrageously absurd.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Pamcakesaren’tjustforbreakfast (@Pamcakesaren’tjustforbreakfast) 1692671702<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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@TheTNHoller The movie grossed over a billion, while Greg Locke is just gross.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Gail Helt (@Gail Helt) 1692309012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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@TheTNHoller I\\u2019m proudly blocked by that wannabe wrestling manager that yells at people in a tent. Have no clue why anyone shows up there and lays money to that \\u201cministry\\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 \\ud83d\\udd96 Justin Memphis (@\\ud83d\\udd96 Justin Memphis) 1692336560<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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@MikeSington There\\u2019s weaponizing religion to persecute others. And then there\\u2019s this. What a maroon.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Agatha (@Agatha) 1692473597<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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@MikeSington What is MAGA obsession with Barbie? I honestly don’t get it. If it offends them then just walk away.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bridget D \\ud83c\\udf44\\ud83d\\udc1d\\ud83e\\udd8b\\ud83c\\udf37 (@Bridget D \\ud83c\\udf44\\ud83d\\udc1d\\ud83e\\udd8b\\ud83c\\udf37) 1692474556<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Pastor Greg Locke wraps Bibles around a baseball bat and goes after a Barbie Dreamhouse.\\n\\nAmerican Christianity is strange.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Doug Aoki (@Doug Aoki) 1692364739<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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There are over half a million homeless people in America while people who call themselves Christians go to church to watch a \\u201cpastor\\u201d like Greg Locke destroy a Barbie house.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Todd Holloman (@Todd Holloman) 1692658680<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Anyway, if you were wondering if the far-right Christians had started being normal yet, the answer is absolutely not.<\/p>\n

Have a blessed day!
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