Revision History

Revision History -- The Christian ThinkTank (2000)

[Previous years' logs: 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 (most of it), and 1995 (most of it).]

Dec 28, 2000

· Added a small question on did the bible lie about Jesus not being married? (48k, dec12/2k) in the Hallway of Arguments

Dec 16, 2000

· Added a rambling letter to the Letters from the man behind the Curtain.

· Added some feedback letters to the Mailbag.

· Added some books

· Updated my prayer requests

· Added a few light bulb jokes

Nov 28, 2000

Added a major, mind-numbing revision to Was Daniel written AFTER the events he foretold?" [menu+2 files, 201K/462K, Nov 28/2k]...this was in response to some criticisms/feedback I received to my first piece. Let me again express my appreciation and gratitude to Curt van den Heuvel (in private correspondence) and Darryl Kight for their wonderfully thorough (and very helpful) criticisms of this earlier draft of this. Their observations and arguments revealed several areas of argument that needed serious additional attention (plus I wanted to add some more material, to make it even longer to download...smile). They are in no way responsible, of course, for any Rev2 errors that show up, nor for my persistence in my position and error...(smile)

I am headed home (to Leland, MS) for a couple of weeks with my folks, but will hopefully be working on the "seeker" conclusion...I intend to write a personal update during the next few days, since so many of you dear folks 'worry' about me (smile)...I love and appreciate you all...more to follow...

Nov 15, 2000

· Added a question on “Why should we believe Jesus was the Messiah, if He didn’t fulfill all the prophecies when He was here?” (219K, Nov 15/2k) in the Hallway of Arguments

Nov 10, 2000

Added a question on “If Jesus didn’t stay dead, how could His death have been a REAL sacrifice?” (Nov 10/150kb) in the Hallway of Arguments.

Oct 10, 2000

· Added a minor update/small pushback to How could a God of Love order the massacre/annihilation of the Canaanites? and made some major clarifications/modifications to Shouldn't the butchering of Amalekite children be considered war crimes?

Oct 5, 2000

· Just added a personal item for my Britt's tribute page... a MP4 video of one of Britt's college-class speeches (made a couple of months before she left us, and given by her to me as a present)...it might give you a little insight into why it hurts so much, and why I am so proud of her heart...

Sept 24, 2000

· I will never be the same after writing this piece...posted a long-winded, five-part response to a question on "if Christianity is true, why does it need so much defending? And why doesn't God make it clearer?" (too tired to index it tonight, will do so over the next week...and I may need to update other pieces on this subject)

· Also, I am doing much, much better, friends...thanks for your prayers, encouragement, and tenderness...

Sept 14, 2000

· I posted a reply to a troubled heart about being in heaven without loved ones, in the Mailbag section.

Sept 4, 2000

I posted the next syllabus for my Sunday School Class, on Reconciliation [240K] in The Great Irruption--the Work of Christ on the Cross.

Aug 28, 2000

I added a number of (much) smaller pieces, many old email answers from a couple of years ago:

I also pre-announced a revision for my piece on the dating of Daniel (based on some excellent criticisms of the piece)...revision will probably be several weeks in coming (I still have some books on order for it).

Aug 22, 2000

· Added a few light bulb jokes (taking good-natured potshots at Richard Dawkins), some of which I wrote back when I did the Predation pieces, but never got around to posting.

[And I am doing much better, for those of you who prayed for me...]

Aug 12, 20

· Added a personal letter in the Letters from the man behind the curtain.

Aug 11, 2000

· Updated my prayer requests

· Added some more reader feedback (from the past year)

July 26, 2000

After 6 years, they are finally kicking me off my Shell account...(sniff, sniff)...I will have to now move "up" to more modern (read: "further away from the time periods I am interested in...") tools...so, my email will no longer be "gmiller@netcom.com" but now I will use my tank forwarding one--"ctt@webcom.com")

okay, back to biz-work [SANs, NAS, SSP's, and da'future (non-apocalyptic, hopes some sysadmin I bet)...], and back to researching an update my Daniel piece...I have gotten some very insightful and stimulating criticisms of various points, over the last 3-4 months, so I look forward to interacting with those points and re-issuing the piece (hopefully within a few weeks)...

July 24, 2000

Added a large piece on God is Wrathful, Vengeful, Jealous, and Angry every day--and you want me to have a relationship with Him?! [262k] in the Hallway of Arguments . It is also listed as the first pushback in Pushbacks section of Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive amounts of suffering that would befall many of His creatures??

Also, there is a separate supporting piece, on "Passages indicating (a) what God considers worthy of 'vengeance' and (b) the connection between vengeance and deliverance for His people" [100kb]

July 18, 2000

Put a few more links in My Travelogue

July 7th, 2000

Added some more books.(many for the miracles piece...)

June 3, 2000

Well, here goes nothing (nervous smile)...added a long, multi-part piece on the $64,000 question (also known to me as Gut-Ripper, for how it used to affect me before this study): Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive amounts of suffering that would befall many of His creatures?? [in five parts, totaling around 700k+] in the Hallway of Arguments. (I have all the parts completed, except the Additional Pushbacks and the Reflections)...let the stoning begin...

May 7th, 2000

Posted another very small addendum: Doesn't John 6 show Jesus was sacrilegious (the cannibalism thing)? [just a minor addition to part 2 of Was Jesus really fraudulent, dishonest, sacrilegious, and conspiratorial?]
Added some more books.(ordered a while ago, just coming in)

May 6th, 2000

posted a MAJOR CORRECTION and UPDATE on did the Christians simply invent the "pierced my hands and feet" passage in Psalm 22? (45KB), based on additional study and some additional, crucial data from Qumran.

April 22/23, 2000

Added a pre-Easter letter of reflection, in the Letters from the man behind the curtain.

April 19, 2000

Added a new section (in progress), in honor of my daughter Britt (1979-2000)

April 8/10/12, 2000

an URGENT prayer request for my daughter... update Monday 10th...final update wed 12th.

April 7, 2000

Added a small/technical piece on did the Christians simply invent the "pierced my hands and feet" passage in Psalm 22? (37KB), but did not have time to link it in...I am headed home for a week or so, and will link/index it into the Hallway of Questions when I return. [I also have some more data to add, from a book I need to order.]

Mar 30, 2000

Added a tiny response (which still took 10+ hours to do!) to a question on -"is the tense of the verb in Is 7.14 really PRESENT, instead of FUTURE?" in the article on the virgin birth.

Mar 24, 2000

Added some more books.
Posted a very small addendum: Doesn't John 6 show Jesus was sacrilegious (the cannibalism thing)? [just a minor addition to part 2 of Was Jesus really fraudulent, dishonest, sacrilegious, and conspiratorial?]
Updated the Objections index and the Topix Index.
[I lost almost 45 days to having to find/move/unpack/setup houses, and now have to make up for the lost work-time(!), so my Tank production has been very, very low...sorry]

Mar 12, 2000

I posted the next syllabus for my Sunday School Class, on Redemption/Ransom (NT) [PDF format only, 103k...I couldn't figure out how to do the formatting in Office2K] in The Great Irruption--the Work of Christ on the Cross.

Mar 8, 2000

Posted a final update on the TankTag Seminar day project.

Feb 19, 2000

Shouldn't the butchering of Amalekite children be considered war crimes? (Feb 19/2000, Part One: 159k) in the Hallway of Arguments.

Feb 4, 2000

I posted a rather personal piece a wrote for a close friend last year ("How I made it through it all, so far")...in the Lessons section for Christians...deals with my personal spiritual formation, in the context of depression and personal negativism...I thought others might could use some of approaches in similar challenges.

Jan 29, 2000

Put an letter up about helping fund the Tank research (esp. through Amazon.com)
Changed the book recommendations page (made it more useful and changed some entries)
Added an update to my request for feedback on the one-day Tank Seminars

Jan 16, 2000

Put a special link in My Travelogue about a tour to Israel this fall, that I will be helping lead. It is open to the general public, and not just our church.
Added an update letter in the Letters from the man behind the curtain. (with a request for feedback on a possible one-day Tank seminar)

Jan 3, 2000

Put a few more links in My Travelogue

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