User:Jeremiah1910

Hello. My name is Julian Riches. I am a high school student.

In who I am, I am a writer, philosopher and theologian. In who I want to be, I want to be an apologetic. I write on matters of philosophy, particularly morals, good and evil, the purpose of mankind, and especially God. I believe that an intellectual case for Jesus of Nazareth can be made from history to prove his divinity. I also am a firm believer in logic and reasoning.

I am inspired by people such as Mark Driscoll, Francis Chan, John MacArthur, Matt Chandler, RC Sproul, John Piper, Ravi Zacharias, John Lennox, and others.

I currently have written hundreds of notes and journal entries concerning Christian theology and have written several poems and notes that a small group of people have seen. I plan to be attending University next fall.

I have unofficially written a short work called The Personal Theocracy. This work is a series of poems of what I essentially believe when it comes to reality. It begins with a declaration that man is fallen in sin, and moves on to talk of redemption, and then ends with the final coming of Christ and His reign.

I also am currently working on a short philosophical novel concerning the problem of death and man`s existence through the life of a painter who is brilliant, and intends to live his best life. He becomes the greatest of all painters of his time, and his work is admired by everyone. Yet he is later diagnosed with lung cancer, and at the end of the novel he comes to the conclusion that his life and all that it was will be swallowed up by death. As Vincent Van Gogh said as his last words "The sadness will last forever." He concludes that all of his work will pass away and that because of death, all of his life's purpose will end. He then comes to a startling idea that he never considered before: a purpose that is eternal would not be endless. Only an eternal purpose would be worth living his life for. In the last chapter the discussion turns from the reader, and the artist turns to prayer. The reader simply becomes an observer at the end of the novel. It is unofficially called I Unleashed This Despair but this may change. This novel was largely inspired by the band Showbread, who's album Anorexia deals extensively with this topic.

I am a large fan of metal music, but I listen to some other forms of rock as well, such as Thrice and Red. Some of my favourite bands are August Burns Red, Living Sacrifice, Thrice, My Epic, Demon Hunter.