Scriptural and spiritual 'glory' of Hinduism and the so called belittling of the Vedas

Till about a year or two  ago I was willing to give credence to the view of the so called grandeur of thought and wisdom in Vedic scriptural texts. But not anymore. Once you veer to the view that religious texts are social and cultural relics and should be subjected to dialectical reasoning, to which any work of philosophy or knowledge would be, one's perspective undergoes a radical change. 

This link to one of my recent blog  posts may provide some idea of my thoughts on Brahminical ideology. 

http://variedessays.blogspot.com/2011/04/some-thoughts-on-ideology-of-brahminism.html

There is a lot of eulogy about the legacy of the Bhakti movement among historians and intellectuals alike. While its cultural and poetic value is undoubtedly of a very high order, its social and historical legacy is of a very disturbing import when examined very critically against the outlines of history.  With due apologies the philosophy of Bhakti is really one where the most demeaning and abject sycophancy and surrender to an imaginary ideal masquerades as  a great system of thought and a way of life.

I have also progressively been less and less impressed with all the tall claims of spiritual experience and 'excellence' that is the staple of most metaphysical discourse. Here is a link to a blog post that is a sarcastic take on the banal talks that is typical of a religious study session, and which explores the hypocrisy of spiritual self-congratulation.

http://variedessays.blogspot.com/2010/09/in-defense-of-bmw-owners-of-bakersfield.html

Of late Hindus have developed an attachment or rather possessiveness for their major scriptures, in apparent disregard of the Gita's overarching call for detachment. Even while they cannot agree what constitutes the term Vedas, yet there is outrage at the Vedas are being belittled. It is difficult not to feel a sense of amusement and irony for such sentiments. If the reference here is to the 4 primary Vedas, one can say that the Vedas are not in need of such gratuitous blasphemy. The Vedas are self-belittling and one only needs patience and perseverance to traverse though its copious superfluity, redundancy, puerility, circularity and what-have-you. Rig Veda is redeemed to some extent by its poetry, imagery and chronicling of customs, but the other 3 vedas (Yajur and Atharva especially)  are pure assaults on sense, reason and understanding.  I have heard a lot of chest-thumping about wisdom and high thinking in 2 or 3 verses in the Purusha and Nasadiya sukta of the RG. My take is that Is this all the Hindutva cherry-pickers could come up from the so-called sprawling orchard of Vedic wisdom. While quoting these 2 or 3 verses of the Suktas, the  golden rule is to turn a 'Nelson's eye' to the nonsense in the remainder of the Suktas. Also should we even care about compiling statistics on how many mantras in RG are invitations to the Soma booze oops juice party?!