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

[Little_Nemo]

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

[DPRK]

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).

[ISiddiqui]

@Thudlow_Boink

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.