Yeah. As someone kind of public who follows a not exactly clear-cut or easily understood spiritual path, I get asked what sound like lame questions all the time.

Except they're not lame when coming from someone who knows nothing about it. And if they're asking, it means they want to know more for some reason. And it's counterproductive to refuse to answer, or hit them with the You-Are-Privileged-And-Therefore-Wrong-Forever Stick. Yes, the question may sound lame to you, but they don't have a context for it yet. They're asking in the only way they can. They can try to be more sensitive, but since they don't know what constitutes insensitive in this context, they're flailing anyway.

So, erm, yeah.