Best children philosphy books according to redditors

Depending on the age of the kid, these could be some good ones:

What Do You Believe?

See Inside World Religions

The Belief Book and others in that series

What is God? (this one does presuppose some kind of a higher power, but compares its depiction across many religions and suggests that god is in us/everywhere around us/basically the concept of good)

I Wonder (not specifically about religion, but more about the idea that science can answer some questions but not yet all - some things are a mystery that we can only wonder about)

Also definitely recommend including some books on the scientific version of the creation story (i.e. the big bang, evolution, etc) so kids have that perspective to draw on as well. Again depending on the age, some good ones are:

Older Than the Stars

Big Bang: The Tongue-Tickling Tale of a Speck That Became Spectacular

One Day a Dot: The Story of You, The Universe, and Everything

Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story

Grandmother Fish

Sapiens: Our Human Evolution

Hope some of those are helpful! :)

Yea /u/Stutturdreki linked to r/atheistparents and I found a book that would be ideal...

https://www.amazon.com/What-You-Believe-Big-Questions/dp/146544386X

What is Humanism? How do you live without a god? And Other Big Questions for Kids

Features interviews with Stephen Fry and Tim Minchin :)

Any religion that believes in Christ is Christian which is all of the ones you've listed.
The differences?

Catholic: One of the earliest christian religions. Split with Orthodox Christians about 1000 years ago. Catholics one pope Orthodox Multi-popes.

I'm being very vague BTW

Protestant: Didn't like pope went their own way.

Anglican: Henry the 8th didn't like pope or wife. Got rid of both.

Lutheran: Martin Luther says Nein to Pope! Does it his way.

Jehovah's Witness: Figures all the other Christians are interpreting bible wrong. Puts their own spin on it.

Mormonism: Not only wrong interpretation, they added some more to the bible. Made a Zane Gray Testament of sorts.

Baptist: Again no Pope puts their own spin on the bible. They like water.

There are some great books that give an overview of each religion.
There's a kids book called 'What I believe'. It's actually really good for people who are curious.

I'm an atheist as well but I lean towards Buddhist Philosophy. (which has no deity BTW)
It's great that you're curious. To me a true Atheist harbours no anger towards religion but a curiosity for better understanding.

Edit: Maybe this is the book I was thinking of. You may feel silly but it's a great introduction that isn't too heavy!

https://www.amazon.com/What-You-Believe-Big-Questions/dp/146544386X/ref=pd_sim_14_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BQP09TX3F857CF2R7CEQ

First, keep taking him to church if he wants to go. I'd give him a timeline of when you'll stop going with him though else he'll hold out hope of reconverting you and that isn't fair to him. However, start taking him to science lectures and free thinker meetings or skeptics meetings or whatever you have in your area. Talk to him about how difficult it was for you and that you understand he's confused and that's it's ok if he still believes which I know you've done but keep doing it.

The Little Book of Big Questions would probably also help as the idea of god is just one of many questions with many possible answers. It will get him thinking logically.

I haven't read anything from this series, so I can't vouch for the quality of the books. But it sounds like they're exactly what you're looking for.

Hey OP, this is the book that my formerly Catholic now atheist parents read to me as a kid.

It's a pretty simple read, meant for kids, about the fact that many people envision God - and by proxy, religion in general - in many different ways. And, of course, that some people don't believe in any God, or some just aren't sure.

I think discussion is a good thing, because kids will encounter religion, all around them, from a young age. Learning early on that many people think they have the one right answer was, for me, the first step to understanding that maybe people just don't actually have the answers, and maybe all this "God" business is just something that different groups of people have made up in their own unique ways and told stories about over the centuries.

Anyways, highly recommend the book. Bonus points if you get your kid to read some of it!

My parents gave me this book when I was a child. It really helped me understand religious diversity. My grandparents also gave me a book of Bible stories for kids that had stories from the Old Testament in it, too (some of the ugly ones), and whenever I wanted to read a religious text my parents would get it for me. Basically, my parents made sure that I never wanted for knowledge.

I didn't see how old your kids are, but for ours (9 and younger) this book and the rest of the series from the same author have been a nice replacement for night time "scripture study", which we were pretty good at (fhe was a different story....):

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1844836231/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_i_r11WDbW2G6X2K

and

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1786780801/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_i_q51WDbC2SDF3X

They are definitely geared toward younger kids, but our 9 year old enjoys them, too. We try asking what they learned at the end of each story and have a conversation about it, sometimes more successfully than others, as is the case with littles 😂.

Yep absolutely, as long as they are getting a broad spectrum of different viewpoints. There are several good books about comparative religion geared toward children too.

What do you Believe is a really good overview of the worlds major religions for kids and What is God is excellent at explaining that some people believe in god but leaves it up to the child to determine what they believe.