The short version: The problem of evil seems to me to be unanswerable. God scarcely ever appears to do anything, despite ample reasons for him to do so. The Bible is full of serious problems. Christians, despite supposedly being indwelt by the Spirit of God, don't appear to behave any better or show any more wisdom than everyone else. No evidence or arguments in favour of Christianity appear to be anything like as strong as these arguments against. Therefore, I quit.

Read the long version.

Thanks to John W. Loftus at Debunking Christianity for this link.

And congratulations to Gareth McCaughan for deciding to distance himself from Christianity by choosing not to identify with the lot of its adherents. Gareth admits that he does not want to lose his Christian friends and that he is not trying to deconvert them. However, despite this admission, he might lose one or more of them over time over prior allegiance to religious beliefs that conflict with reason. And if loss is not in store for Gareth, then pity is also likely and it does not make the best basis for camaraderie.

In short, it is unfortunately likely that Gareth will lose respect from one or more of his Christian friends. Under what circumstance should anyone respect another who does not question his or her beliefs? It seems to me that blind adherence is not a virtue, but a cry for help.