I've always enjoyed Lovecraft, though he was far from perfect as a writer (or human being). Part of the reason his work has lost some of its impact as horror is that it's so often been imitated. It's nearly impossible to delve into Lovecraft without having been previously exposed to Lovecraftian horror. I'm fortunate to have read him when I was young and he was less well-known. He was less quotidian then. :-)
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.