I agree, all of the questions you pose would be fine by me and wouldn't immediately put me on the defensive. Any variety of "what is your spiritual belief" wou

I agree, all of the questions you pose would be fine by me and wouldn't immediately put me on the defensive. Any variety of "what is your spiritual belief" would get me to clam up, though, for the reasons I said. There's also another factor that, if the health care provider in front of me isn't someone I already know pretty well, I'd assume that they're asking as a prelude to some sort of effort to evangelize to me or condemn me because in any other setting, that question is almost always such a prelude. Rightly or wrongly, it would make me suspicious of and on guard with the health care provider.