A good amount of my favorite people throughout history, most notably the great thinkers and artists, are atheists. I am a devout Christian...and I believe everyone who rips off H.P. Lovecraft should have to pay interest to making his gravesite a shrine.
It sickens me how people view him. They make it seem as if his bad tendencies take away from his artistic brilliance. All the asshats ranging from Neil Gaiman to Guillermo Del Toro steal, thieve, and take from his work...and rarely ever properly credit him.