I make religion jokes all the time. It's funny to me but not to the person. They're still jokes.
I don't really even care about those, and he's not "late" about joking on religion. I don't turn on my religion, and I don't get mad about it.
It was a joke, and I bet hugums is probably looking good right now. I pretty sure he's built an immunity to these jokes, just like I have to religion jokes.