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How sympathetic Nietzsche is to religion depends on what point in his life you're looking at. He was religious as a child, but dropped it fairly early. But he wasn't nearly as antagonistic towards Christianity in his early works as he ended up -- even The Gay Science has some good things to say about religious people. Of course, the question as with any interpretation of the later works is how much they are affected by his growing mental instability. In any case, see my signature quote for Nietzsche giving a positive reading to at least a couple important elements of Christianity.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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