Rig Veda .. cannot be kidding!!

While the purpose of Athrva (Collection of sorcery, healing, planning, day to day work and other life skills) is clear, that of RigVeda should serve a better purpose than just passing praises of God/Nature. (The Yajur and Sama Veda are derived from RigVeda). The western idea of the philosophy lead by Max Mulller believed these are nice poetic hymns. This defies my logic that why would praise of Gods be passed to generations? It has lived for more than 3000 years now, and if it carried only praises of God, it would have been diluted or given away in due course of time. Given the resources available at Max Muller's hands, I believe it would be a good guess to assume that. (He knows that it is important in every ritual in Hindu religion and he coming from a culture were metaphors are more in religion than narrating direct deeds). In my quest I have come across an excellent article which challenges Max Muller's assumptions and derivations. The author Jogendra Mohan Guupta in his article (http://phoenicia.org/rigveda.html, 1904) understates these assumptions and derives the logic of how Vedas are war songs and historical depictions. It makes more sense to accept this logic. After all Generations always sang and passed the tunes of victory whether it was Trojan War, Bible in Jerusulam or Mahabharatha. It is therefore imperative that the Vedas too served a purpose close to heart of generations who lived after the war to pass it to generations next.