Even if you don't see the damage, you've done something to upset a very powerful being. I've seen people shrug and chuckle after being smited by gods. The only thing I would suggest to remedy this is for the gods to be even crueler in the face of such disrespect. I once saw Scarabaeus rip someone's tongue out, I think the character was permanently muted. But with a lot of attitudes of the characters that shrug and chuckle at smites, I bet that sort of thing would just lead to deletes.