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I agree that getting the question removed is not a solution. But look at the other way round too. A question is acceptable as long as it is getting genuine answers. Did you go through the answers there?

The answers are simply stupid.

I agree also that is is better to be the few and proud. And we have no right to force Sikhi on others. However we do have a responsibility to speak up when 'Sikhism' itself is being portrayed in wrong light.

We have no problem in what they do, what they follow but when they justify their actions by poinitng their fingers at the teachings of Sikhism and say that these things are not useful etc, and not only that ,they even guide others to move away.

You will be shocked to read this answer. Read the question and answer here:

http://www.quora.com/Are-there-any-Sikh-atheists-Do-they-cut-off-their-hair/answer/Jas-Anand

Ill even post the answer here:

"The Question is in its effect divisive. One can't be a SIkh and an atheist at the same time - as Sikhism does teach following one God.

The second part - Yes. Sikhism was alive and present before Sikhs ever kept uncut hair and will remain afterwards we are gone too. Same way as Guru Nanak's hair was never uncut - or was later Gurus - It doesn't mean that the rest were not Sikhs of Nanak - They were. Nanak never taught cutting or not cutting of hair.

Till almost 200 years and 9 Gurus later. Even Gobind's hair was shorn - but he chose to adopt a new path of Khalsa to fight the tyranny.

So you can chose to be a Sehajdhari Sikh or a Khalsa Sikh (with all 5ks) - Both paths are based on the same underlying Granth.

However it's imperative to note that Sri Guru Granth Sahib or its writers - from various saints to the Nine Gurus never had full hair. So, it doesn't mean that if you don't have hair / you are bald / you may not be Sikh - Yes faith in the Guru Granth Sahib is required.

Yes you may not be Khalsa - if you don't have (hair) or any other of the five K's. (Literally speaking)"

So here you go. He says that none of the nine Gurus had full hair !!:O.

Even Dasam Pita had shorn hair before Amrit. :-(

So many people are reading these answers. What will they understand from this wrong information on Sikhism, and that too when the person posting the answer claims to be a Sikh.

( He also says in another answer that He has always been a Sikh w/o a turban/hair. As I said we don' care what he does, but when people come up claim wrong history of Sikhism, of the Gurus, the of course there

is a problem).

Therefore, the problem is not of such youth etc moving away from Sikhi, but the problem lies in their wrong portrayal of the teachings and of the history of Gurus, which can greatly misguide not only the Sikhs but also the non-Sikhs about Sikhism.

I think we need to knock each and every myth that is being presented by Monay and RSS as our 'history' down with full disclosure and Gurbani / itihaasic proofs

such as Guru Gobind Singh ONLY specified Kesh as a requirement for Sikhs....so many years I've hit this one down as Sikhs of 'Guru Nanak' claim this as the reason why they are Monay...this is insulting all the Gurus as not being one jyot .

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Problem is people are so misinformed they don't even believe in Dssam BanI. and things like Sri Sooraj Prakash. Are deemed to be completely false

The trouble is most people are not aware of even 1% of sikh itihaas , although if they realised that Guru Gobind Singh ji did ucharan of Jaap Sahib when he was 19 years old it would put a different complexion on things that the missionary faction are trying to spread ...

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I think we need to knock each and every myth that is being presented by Monay and RSS as our 'history' down with full disclosure and Gurbani / itihaasic proofs

such as Guru Gobind Singh ONLY specified Kesh as a requirement for Sikhs....so many years I've hit this one down as Sikhs of 'Guru Nanak' claim this as the reason why they are Monay...this is insulting all the Gurus as not being one jyot .

I have mentioned all the points in a comment to the answer (if you check the link). Hair keeping was definitely in practice since the times of Guru Nanak Dev Jee. These people are trying to differentiate between 'Khalsa' and 'Sikhism' which is stupid.

Definitely we should also use our freedom of speech, and in a united manner correct such misconceptions, either by commenting on such answers, or by downvoting it in huge numbers so that such false information is removed from the internet.

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I wouldn't respond, (because I don't use quora), but what I would say is he should move from his family, he's an atheist and as such Guru Sahib bachans and hukams mean nothing to him, I can't have a logical debate with him.
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