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As someone who writes almost exclusively morally gray characters, I feel obligated to comment. Not to defend the mainstream use of morally gray characters, who are mostly just buttholes who happen to be shooting at socially designated bad guys, but in defense of complex, flawed characters.

The truth is that most people, even Christians, are or would have once qualified as morally gray characters. Anyone who has struggled with sin knows what it’s like to believe one thing and do just the opposite. Like @Ragnarok said, a good morally gray character is one who grows from their flawed origins to overcome their weaknesses. Like @irishcelticredflowercrown said, it’s a hard sell to expect the audience to like a character who has done objectively terrible things. The challenge, the art in that, is conveying the sinner’s journey – showing what it’s like to be that person, to face your sins and learn to live with the awful things you’ve done as the new person you’re praying God will help you grow into.