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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All serious independent historians acknowledge beef eating at the time of the earliest Veda. The fact that there has been a serious effort by Hindu nationalist historians to discredit this is interesting from the perspective of modern Indian politics, but it does not change the scholarly consensus.[/quote]

Let me guess, you would not expect Christian or Catholic clergy to not nave any credible say about their own religion, or Muslim clergy to not be credible about their religion, or Jewish clergy to not be credible about their own religion.

But with Hinduism, it’s the ‘independent historians’ that are the final word on what is Hinduism is and what it  is not.

Nice how their version works out well for everyone else huh?

Now back to the OPs topic, mind sharing your thoughts on the oldest religion? To add, how does it or does it not contradict your belief system?
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Clearly they would have a lot to say about their own religion. But they also, of necessity, take the position that their religion represents eternal verities. This position can, unfortunately, lead them to be at odds with the historical record.

As to the question, I already shared my thoughts above, which is that this is an unanswerable question given that the history of many religious systems goes back to prehistoric times, and therefore we have no written, and insufficient archaeological, evidence.[/quote]

Translation of the Vedas is religious and spiritual. Western religions rely on proving history with their scriptures, such as the Bible or the Torah. It’s exactly this mentality that causes ‘historians’ to view every religion through the lens of Western religions. 
The actual verses that are cherry picked to prove this are literally mistranslated not at odds with historical record.

As to your original post about would Hinduism still be the oldest do to changes that have evolved. I ask, does Christianity or Judaism or Islam or any religion look exactly as it did in the early days. Are those historical stories from the Bible ( new or old version) the same as the way people live and act today?

I think the OP should probably clarify the definition of oldest religion. Since, as you say, there may be some with no written or archeological evidence that may have existed. The Vedas were also an oral only tradition passed down until they were finally written and complied some 5000-7000 years ago. I don’t think most people viewed the question like that, more like what is the oldest still practiced religion that we know of. But absolutely, details matter.

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