Rabbi of Berlin,
I completely agree with you. My point was that it is a perfectly legitimate question for someone to ask. I trust my Rabbi for almost everything else, at what point am I not required to listen? Most people use their Rov for hashkafic issues as well as halachic. That someone would consider this a hashkafic question is not far-fetched.
(For how I truly feel about such matters, see the “frum” thread.)