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We say Amen because it was an honorary for pharaohs 5,000 years ago. We attend church on Sunday, because in our Jungian subconscious, we honor the Sun. We celebrate Christmas on December 25th, because it was the date of the honorarium for a forgotten pagan god. But, I must confess, I feel the spiritual tonight and I agree that there is something in the air, something in the heavens greater than myself. Without the spiritual, there could never have been the transformation of the country brought on by the Civil Rights Movement. The critics of Obama have lambasted him for being a great orator. Without oration, there never would have been a President Lincoln. They say without a good speech, Obama would be nowhere. Without a good speech, there never could have been a President Roosevelt. The concept of hope itself, is spiritual in nature. As an agnostic, I have no problem in saying "God bless America."
