Tuerto. your comment about the middle ground made me smile.
It reminded me of Dave Allen. He always used to make jokes about God and one day he was asked by someone why he took the mickey ou of god but never out of the devil.

His reply was class. He Said, "I don't beleive in God but I may be wrong and if god exists so does the devil, and there is no sense in pissing off both of them."