>We have here the problem that bavarians commonly greet with "Grüß Gott" (God greets you). They mean normaly nothing with it - it offends me and a lot easterners anyway.
>The normal answer would be the same - but trust me, I would swallow my tongue first. But, this is my POV in this conversation. I can simply not say this - due to my believes. This - the response necessary is offending me. That has nothing to do with my respect to somebody else.

I can answer the same - but only to some people and not in dialect but as imperative in high german ;-)