# Resources (books) to learn about Christianity for Children in Atheist Households (written by atheists)

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**Created:** [July 4, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-books-to-learn-about-christianity-for-children-in-atheist-households-written-by-atheists/967414 "2022-07-04T17:09:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-books-to-learn-about-christianity-for-children-in-atheist-households-written-by-atheists/967414/21 "2022-07-06T15:40:02Z")

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I see my previous post was ninja’d by ZonexandScout’s. But the edit feature seems to have disappeared.

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-books-to-learn-about-christianity-for-children-in-atheist-households-written-by-atheists/967414/22 "2022-07-06T15:55:24Z")

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What do people think of Mircea Eliade? Was he an atheist, and did he write any books for kids (his books I am familiar with are full of information but I would not give them to a teen-ager, who would surely find them boring).

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**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-books-to-learn-about-christianity-for-children-in-atheist-households-written-by-atheists/967414/23 "2022-07-06T16:38:54Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> To take just one example from the OP—“what happens at baptism”—some Christian denominations practice infant baptism, while others wait until a person is old enough to choose baptism for themselves. Some baptize by sprinkling, others by immersion. Some believe that something actually spiritually happens to a person upon baptism; others believe that it’s purely symbolic. And some believe that these differences matter a great deal and it’s important to get them right, while others have a more live-and-let-live appraoch. (And, while I don’t know of any, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that there are Christian groups who don’t “do” baptism at all.)

And, just wanted to add, that each of these positions have a lot of adherents. It isn’t just a small sect that does adult baptism for instance (it may not surprise you to know that the Baptists are in favor of adult baptism - and basically started the modern practice, hence their name). And, of course, infant baptism vs. adult baptism have very different theological underpinnings.

I don’t know of any Christian denomination that does not have baptism. I guess it’s possible - if the original Protestants could drop 7 sacraments to 2 (Baptism and Eucharist), another denomination could drop them to 0, I guess. But Baptism is a pretty good entrance rite.

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