And, dearest Steve, in case you didn't get the hint, insulting my religious tradition is something that I consider to be seriously rude and offensive. Despite your protestations that in Great Britain, such insults are considered to be friendly banter, I don't think most Britons would agree.
In the U.S. and in most countries, insulting another person's religious tradition is considered to be in bad manners and bad taste, comparable to insulting the person directly. If you don't understand that, perhaps you'd better learn. I'm quite sure the same holds true in Great Britain. If you want to ask me specific and non-insulting about my religious tradition, that's one thing. If you want to insult what you think to be my religious tradition, that's offensive.
Whether you like it or not, there are a huge number of Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, and people of other religious traditions in the world. Some of those people may actually possess more wisdom than you have. In the interest of world peace and harmony, it behooves you not to insult them, even though [surprise, surprise!] you may not think the same way they do .
Thank you very much.

-Joe Offer-