> > Most historians agree, John, that the Vedic Aryan speakers > > all ate meat, drank barley beer and consumed large portions > > of the psycedelic decoction Soma mentioned in Rig Veda X. > > > > The Vedics met and mixed freely with the opposite sex and > > worked and raised cattle for money and career. And they > > got married primarily to enjoy sex. > > John wrote: > I'm using the Shrimad Bhagavatam as the criteria for vedic > culture. > The Srimad Bhagwatam has almost nothing to do with Vedic culture. The Vedic people lived before 1500 B.C. but the Bhagwatam wasn't even composed until after 800 A.D., long after the Vedic culture had turned into Hinduism. Many of the notions expressed in the Bhagwatam are the result of Buddhist ideas, circa 200 B.C.:
Ahimsa Monasticism Sutra composition Yogic introspection Asceticism Temple worship Puja activities Worship of devatas None of which are mentioned in the Vedas. The Vedics practiced the sacrifice of burnt offerings to the forces of nature - they did not live in cities or worship any devatas such as Rama, Balarama, Vasudeva, Krishna or Durga in temples made of stone or wood - the ancient Vedics worshipped outdoors. They enjoyed all kinds of inebriants and loved to have bar-b-ques down by the river.
