I have to say that I left Christianity, first off, each one goes and claims they follow the Bible, but not one of them truly does. I have no issues with matters of faith, but when you choose the Christian Bible, you should follow it as best you can, which isn't that hard by the way if you give it a good and proper read from the start to the finish, and not dancing around in it. My favorite one is how some religions use their interpretations to make some of the most absurd claims I've ever seen, like not watching TV or playing Video Games. One instance I really liked, was when dealing with two different pastors of the same sect. One said "You will rue the day you introduce your children to television." This person, I wouldn't follow, as he also says "The knowledge of man is folly." Yet here he is using a freaking iPad to read from the Bible.
The second pastor, the one I would rather follow said this instead: "You should be aware of TV and movies and video games. But this also applies to books you read. If you watch a movie, or read a book, or play a video game, if you are enjoying the act of things like murder, then in a way, you are participating in it, and promoting it."
These are not entirely exact quotes, but they are roughly the same as what I heard from each of them. either way, you have one side that would bar everything, that one should live minimalist to be closer to God, while the other was more about simply being aware of what you feel when you are watching a movie, or reading a book.
See, God gave us life to live it, albeit in a decent and respectful manner, but to live it. If you have nothing to enjoy your time while living, wouldn't that go against God's whole intended purpose for creating us in the first place?
I could, of course, go on for quite some time, but I think people get the general idea. I believe in God, that God created Evolution and the ability to create Science. That God gave us some basic laws to live by, that Jesus teaches us tolerance within those laws. That if and when the end does come, I want to tell my maker that I lived the life he gave me in the way I more or less wanted. That the Bible is an evolving history, after all, it went from stoning transgressors of the law to death, to forgiving people eventually for lesser transgressions, and to remember that if God has a problem with something Mankind is doing, the Bible says he always puts his foot down, not the Church, not any Priest, God himself takes his foot, stomps and goes "Hey! Get your act together!" The Bible says this if you read it enough.