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Yes, the form of the question is offensive.

Instead of unthinkingly downvoting the parent, consider this thought experiment: what if the question had been:

“Ask HN: What form of Christianity do you practice?”

Asking a large, diverse community such a question comes off as gaslighting those who are not part of the implied group. As such, it’s rude and offensive and has a detrimental effect.

It would be better to just change the form of the question to remove the problem: For those people who have one, what is your daily spiritual practice?




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