Tentatively Christian; looking for a reasonable discussion

[dyresand]

I am 18 years old, raised as a Christian, and now beginning to ask questions and really figure out what I believe for myself. At the moment, I'm coming from basically a Christian perspective, but I am open to being convinced otherwise and looking to discuss the issues with someone.

To be honest, I'm a bit intimidated by the environment of the forum here. My fear is that if I try to have a serious, full-scale, in-depth discussion in this medium, I'll quickly be overwhelmed and bombarded. I don't want to be unable to reply adequately simply because of the quantity of messages by people disagreeing with me. I'd rather be able to discuss fairly back-and-forth, without being terrifically outnumbered. (which would make it impractical to adequately respond to everyone)

To that end, I'm wondering if anyone would be interested in starting a 1-on-1 correspondence with me? (hopefully it is not too out of place to request that) I'm looking for someone who is willing to be reasonable and civil, and help talk through the questions and issues I'm wondering about.

Looking forward to hearing from you guys!

Well i am only a bit older than you but i pretty much even before the age of 18 i was an atheist. So what really turned me atheist is i wanted to learn about the world and between the bible and actual information i choose fact over faith and even reading the bible made me realize a lot of things. On a scale for atheism i am a pretty damn strong one. At this point pretty much if there is a god which in my world view is highly unlikely for me to actually think about. It would be a god that just came along just to watch everything when the universe came into existence by natural means and pretty much doesn't care about us or anyone. Because lets be honest there is other life out there we just haven't found it and or they just do not care or even its probably not sentient.