Wolfgang, comparing apples to oranges is not a matter of exaggeration to make a point. It's comparing two different things and trying to make them seem similar. The fact that the English language uses words based on mythology is not comparable to our government officially establishing a religion by placing its scripture on the walls of buildings to which we go to get supposedly impartial judgements. So, yeah, the joke is OK. The serious point you are trying to make with it is off the mark.

There are also not a whole lot of people -- not even the neo-pagans -- who still worship the old Greek, Roman, and Norse gods. So those names are not really associated with a religion. They are just relics of history.

John