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[quote=Anonymous]I think that any book that presents anything about Jesus as "fact" is going to be problematic.  If you ignore Christian sources, that include things like the resurrection, then the evidence for his existence is weak to nonexistent.

I would probably present the gospels in an age/reading level appropriate translation, and talk about them in the same way I'd talk about a Native American creation myth.

"People disagree about this story.

Some people (I included "like your Nana" here) believe that it is literally true, that everything that is written here really happened.  People who believe this also usually believe that God inspired the authors of these books, and that Jesus is the son of God.

Some people believe that there was a man named Jesus, who really lived and did some of the things in this story, but who was just a man.   Those people believe that parts of the story are probably true, the parts that talk about things that Jesus said, and the places he went, and the way he died, and parts are made up, like the part about him turning water into wine, and the part about him coming back after he was dead.

Some people believe that these stories are not true at all, and that someone made them up.

and then I'd add

Whatever we believe about the story, it's important to know it and understand it because it is a story that has had a big influence on history, and on the way people live their lives.

Finally, I'd say either

Let's read it, and you can decide what you believe (this is pretty much what I said)

In our family, we believe _________.  Let's read it together

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