Sure is. But I recognise how stupid it is.
That's not how deformities come about. A rabbid crack addict can have a perfectly healthy baby and a perfectly healthy woman living great environment can give birth to a three legged, cancer ridden baby.
You don't have a soul either.
Hence: "there is no obvious cause of deformities, it's most likely the unfortunate genetic profile and environmental mix that have contributed to that". Deformities are usually the case of a genetic error(s).
As for the soul part, again it's your personal opinion being stated as fact.
I don't mean to be rude and I've no problem if you don't agree and/or want to criticise Sikhism or religion in general, but I get the feeling you're just looking for a way to put it down. I don't really want to go down that route. I'm more so interested in those who are interested in what we believe, and are open minded in their criticism. I'm not saying you're not open minded, but at the same time you have definitely got a preformed opinion on Sikhism, because it's a religion. Your agenda is prove what I'm saying is BS, as opposed to attempting to determine whether it's plausible or not.
There's no real difference. You are picking and choosing what to follow, which is fine, as long as there is no pretense otherwise.
That said, Sikhism is probably the best religion out there. It has a lot of the inherent nonsense of other religions without the other batshit crazy parts which people still cling on to.
There's a clear distinctive difference. All this started from hair right? So if we believe hair is useful spiritually (and this a Sikh belief by the way I'm not presenting is as a scientific fact), it makes sense to keep it. Everything else that has been mentioned is just attempting to find a contraction whilst ignoring the key essence. It is absolutely about picking and choosing what to follow, because we filter out the stuff that doesn't help us in that context. But there's no contradiction. It's simple, we respect our hair because it's an aid for us. We reject alcohol and the like because they hinder us.
As for the rest, that's your opinion which is fine. But it doesn't hold up for me when you've not given me any examples.