OK Ruth, I understand what you're saying (well, I understand the words - I find your perception very perverse, if not disturbing, but, hey, whatever puts the nutmeg on yer rice pudding!).

Me? I'd take truth and honesty - openness right up-front - every time. And I have the grace and self-confidence to appreciate, and be grateful for, the desire of another human being to elicit on my behalf the good influence of whichever God they believe in. I'm genuinely sorry for anyone who would feel threatened by such a thing.

Not commenting about you specifically, Ruth, but about the many who seem to perceive others' kindness and faith as somehow threatening.

Surreal.