Damon Thompson of The Ramp Calls Homosexuals “Queer” in an Angry Growl

This website has explored the issue of homosexuality often. The Bible seems to be clear on the matter and leaves little to no room for liberal wiggling. That being said, at no point is the Christian given permission to degrade and call homosexuals hateful and cruel names. How will that lead to repentance?

Please watch the short video below of Damon Thompson, a false prophet operating primarily out of The Ramp in Hamilton, AL. Listen as he angrily and hatefully refers to homosexuals as “queer.” Keep in mind as well, that those hooting and hollering in the background are kids, impressionable teens who are learning that it must be fine for people in a church to use degrading slang when referring to others sins. This is wrong. This is false. This is godless. This is, to use the Greek, moros.

This should come as no surprise from people who sit under the teaching of Lou Engle, who supported a movement in Africa to make homosexuality a crime punishable by death. These people are evil.

Just a question for Thompson though: Is the same demonic force that you believe drives homosexuals the same one that would cause people to try to cheat on their wife?

Texas.

[UPDATE] After posting this discussion on facebook for others to explore and talk about, I thought this particular response was most telling of the “fruit” that comes out of places such as The Ramp.

Tags: angry, Damon Thompson, Gay, homosexuality, karen wheaton, Lou Engle, queer, The Ramp

Discernment | dvdbrumley June 13, 2011

16 Comments to “Damon Thompson of The Ramp Calls Homosexuals “Queer” in an Angry Growl”

By Kingdom Man, June 17, 2011 @ 9:41 am

Never thought you would support homosexuality in order to take another cheap shot at Damon. And Lou Engle supported homosexuals being murdered??? Man, you guys have really gone over the edge. Never have I seen someone as blinded by their own ideology. It’s quite sad, and a little astounding.
By dvdbrumley, June 17, 2011 @ 10:24 am

In response to Kingdom, let me frame your comment in the context of Christ’s time:

Christ: “Let the one of you with no sin cast the first stone.”

Kingdom Man: “Man, I never thought I would see Christ support adultery in order to take another cheap shot at the Pharisees and Saducees.”

Christ: “Go and sin no more.”

I take from your comment Kingdom that you support Thompson’s using derogatory and hurtful language in his diatribe about homosexuals. Is this a correct assumption? Please respond and draw your line in the sand so to speak. You are either for this type of language from “pulpits” or not. Which one?
By dvdbrumley, June 17, 2011 @ 10:54 am

Kingdom, regarding your question about Lou Engle: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/waymon-hudson/american-evangelical-lou_b_560819.html

Yes, I do realize that Huff. Po. has a left slant as well, but just start your research on this matter here and move forward.
By Kingdom Man, June 17, 2011 @ 12:27 pm

Great twisting of my comment Brumley… totally in left field. And Huffington Post? Are you kidding me!?!. No wonder you take the positions you do.
By Kingdom Man, June 17, 2011 @ 12:29 pm

Essentially, you would never give Damon Thompson a legitimate, objective chance. He can do nothing right by you. Every word out of his mouth is automatic heresy. I was at this service and remember the heart, and context, behind the comments. By the way, check out: http://theramp.org/blog/?p=227.
By dvdbrumley, June 17, 2011 @ 1:39 pm

You are mistaken Kingdom, in several ways, but let’s just focus on the one. You are wrong about my heart toward Thompson. I point you here: http://thispilgrimland.com/?p=1434

Thanks for the link you provided as well. I’m confused though, what was the point of that blog posting? Looked like self-justification to me…
By Kingdom Man, June 17, 2011 @ 4:55 pm

Of course it did… A lose-lose to you. And your linked post further proves you are an ideologue who is blinded by their own subjectivity.
By dvdbrumley, June 17, 2011 @ 7:12 pm

Thank you Kingdom. A common synonym for ideologue is “true believer.” If that is a problem to you, then what does that make you?
By Walter, June 30, 2011 @ 3:56 am

I see that only 1:29 of that sermon was posted. Where’s the rest of it? I think we should listen to it all before call someone down. We need to look at the context. I find that a lot of people take Damon Thompson out of context.

Queer:1.different from the usual:strange 2.eccentric (Websters New World Dictionary)

Nowhere in the definition does it say anything about homosexual. We need to start looking up words in the dictionary before using them.
Shouldent we be more concerned about the hatred agianst christians?
Doesent everyone make mistakes, no one is perfect. Damon Thompson preaches agianst homosexulality not homosexuls. He is fustrated with people even christians supporting the sin of homosexulality.Lets remember we are all on the same side. Like any family on earth we dont always agree. Its sad to me to see we christians, bickering back and forth when there is more important work to be done.

One day soon the government will put pastors in jail for not marrying gay couples.
By blaksmyth, July 1, 2011 @ 11:04 pm

Is the wisdom of Gamaliel completely forgotten?

34 Then one in the council stood up, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in respect by all the people, and commanded them to put the apostles outside for a little while. 35 And he said to them: “Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what you intend to do regarding these men. 36 For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody. A number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was slain, and all who obeyed him were scattered and came to nothing. 37 After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the census, and drew away many people after him. He also perished, and all who obeyed him were dispersed. 38 And now I say to you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing; 39 but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it—lest you even be found to fight against God.” (Acts 5:34-39, NKJV)

Aside from the fact that Damon Thompson is not claiming to be anybody, if his heart and his message is of God, then he will be blessed and prosper. If it is not of God, then it will come to nothing. It is as simple as that.
By Z.J., July 17, 2011 @ 5:45 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Iq9lUecTc This would be the full message with this in it. It’s called Complacency is NOT normal.
By steven, October 1, 2011 @ 6:16 pm

damon is not perfect but what he says he says it out of love. patting gays on the back and telling them everything is going to be all right isn’t helping them. this is a unique battle that requires force.. for christ sake grow a pair and man up in your relationship with God and quit putting these men of God down were in this thing together remember so why are you trying to tear Damon apart. you don’t even know anything about God through experience you only know what you’ve read in the bible but you’ve never sought his face until the kingdom was revealed…im not saying your not saved im just saying salvation is just the first step or else we wouldn’t be having this conversation. YOU ARE A FALSE TEACHER A WOLF IN SHEEPS CLOTHING weather you know it or not and you justify your self by quoting scripture nobody cares what scripture you know..the devil knows the bible better than all of us but look at the shape he’s in. quit knowing everything and seek out experience like damon did and bill johnson and heidi baker and todd bently and don’t even get me started on todd remember what you said in a previous blog without sin first stone.
By Blair Nix, January 3, 2012 @ 12:54 pm

Steven, blacksmyth, kingdom man, and walter,,,thanks for posting your comments,,its exactly what i would have put and you saved my fingers alot of typing lol thanks for not being blind like the rest of these religious people on here. Damon preaches Jesus is Lord,,therefore his preaching is truth
By Bible Reader, March 1, 2012 @ 7:55 pm

Aside from the fact that Damon Thompson is not claiming to be anybody, if his heart and his message is of God, then he will be blessed and prosper. If it is not of God, then it will come to nothing. It is as simple as that.

O.K. I’m no fan of Damon, only from my personal dealings with the man, nothing more, but this comment above amazed me greatly. Who are you a disciple of? Jesus right? And was his message of God? While he was alive, was it blessed & did it prosper? Thousands followed him, then stopped & many of those screamed to crucify him. All his disciples forsook him & fled, one betrayed him, one denied him. Not one of them believed his words that he would rise from the dead & he rebuked them for their hard heartedness & unbelief for not believing the witnesses who saw him alive & then after he was standing there being worshipped by them, some of them acually doubted Him! Matthew 28:17 His earthly life looked like a total failure & he was despised & rejected of men & He told us if we were truly his disciples we would be hated of all men for His name’s sake, not lauded & praised & promoted everywhere.

And so using your logic, because he was possibly removed based on unknown reasons from a ministry on to do other work, his ministry is not blessed & does not prosper & has come to nothing? Only God knows what comes of a ministry. Voice of the Martyrs has through their ministry helped millions of believers & untold numbers come to Christ & the guy that led Richard Wurmbrand (founder) to the Lord never saw any of what you would call fruit his whole life living in his small village, praying every day that God would send him a Jew that he could win to the Lord. That was the only thing of note in his long life, but this one act led to unbelievable fruit after his death. By your standards he was a failure & Jesus was a failure.

I’m not at all promoting Damon, but this concept is unbiblical. Gamaliel wasn’t even a Christian & we aren’t to learn anything from him. Saul sat at his feet to learn & was on his way to hell & killing Christians if he was any example of a student of his. All the prophets were persecuted & many killed. Success in ministry is defined by God’s standard & the fruit we are to look to is the fruit of the spirit in people’s lives. If you want to argue for that, go ahead because I found that lacking in my personal dealings with the man, but will say no more than that as I can’t be the judge of his entire life & ministry. And if you are going to talk about him brutally, what is the different if he talked about homosexuals that way? I have prayed for him often & will do so again.

What is the great success of your ministry that proves it is of God? One plants, another waters, & none of us are anything & gain (in any form, even gain of popularity or influence) is not godliness & those who teach this are false teachers. Paul said all Cretians were evil beasts, liars, & slow bellies (self indulgent) but he was not speaking wrongly. I’m not defending him as a man, but your attacks aren’t very logical or biblical. Jesus never said the woman didn’t deserve death for her adultery, as he wrote the law that said she did with the same finger that wrote in the sand, but they didn’t follow that law. They didn’t bring the man (required) & the didn’t take her to the ruling council to pass judgment but tried to do this themselves. Jesus never stopped any other death penalty while he lived. Many were crucified & he let them be. He simply pointed out their hypocrisy who had, as he taught elsewhere committed adultery in their own hearts through lust & somehow found her “in the very act” like peeping toms. He said, has no man condemned you? If they had, he would not have stopped them, but His words convicted them & they left & so he didn’t condemn her either but told her to go & sin no more. Throwing stones is not a metaphor, it was to kill people. Neither we nor Damon throw stones over this issue, just words & Jesus’ own words condemned her actions, Go & sin no more clearly stated she had sinned & that though she deserved death, he was willing to forgive but gave the warning not to do it again to show he was not okay with it.

If there was one thing devoid in Damon that I always prayed would change, it was interest in people that he felt were beneath him & I say this from personal experience. If within his circle of ministry you were “important” or useful or willing to offer a lot of money, you got time with him, but no normal kid could EVER get anywhere near him, not even kids who themselves were weeping over suicidal thoughts or cutting. If they tried to even talk to him, they were shut down, pulled down, & if they persisted, thrown out. If they tried to talk to him in a store, his bodyguards would prevent them while he acted like he didn’t see them. That is not how Jesus acts, off to the green room for some fruit & TV because you are so untouchable. Aside from that attitude I saw consistently in him, I found the way he was edgy & unafraid of offending people with the truth, commendable. Are you sure you would have been pleased with Paul or Jesus’s success in ministry as they got beat up & killed & also said things that were highly offensive. Jesus- “You Samaritans don’t know what you worship. Salvation is of the Jews.”

I’m not a blind Damon-junkie, or a “touch not mine annointed & do my prophets no harm” zombie who doesn’t realize that phrase was talking about physically harming them or killing them, not telling us we cold not confront them or disagree with them in love. Damon was quick with saying things that got him in trouble at times. I love Damon, but I think God may have moved him down a notch, but he would never admit it, but only God can decide what comes to nothing & only the judgment seat will truly show that. Leave the feet of Gamaliel & go sit at Jesus’ feet & see what he thinks about Damon & about homosexuality. Just think it over.

And any other Damon worshiper that wants to quickly jump to his defense, when you can show me Damon doing work for God in some inconspicuous place like a homeless shelter with no glory, without being recognized or telling anyone later or just having a long conversation with some nobody kid that comes to ask him a question or ask for prayer, then you can tell me I’m wrong. When you are too important for the least of these, you are too important for Jesus.
By blaksmyth, April 16, 2012 @ 12:59 pm

Bible Reader,

Thank you for your comment.

From the viewpoint of the average American “Christian”, you are correct. But I would say you have an incorrect idea of what blessing and prosperity are. Jesus was blessed and prosperous. Even in His death, He was blessed and prosperous. Even in being betrayed, He was blessed and prosperous. He fulfilled the assignment given Him by His Father.