Somehow I knew someone would call me out on that one. It's just a figure of speech.
Remember that the levels do not represent how 'bad' you are, but rather what sort of sinner you are (which is then ranked by how bad Dante thought those particular sins were). So I'm not suprised at all that you got jumped in with the Heretics because... you are, quite frankly. Though looking at the number of 'Very High' and 'Extreme' scores you got, I'm glad I live on the other side of the planet.