I respect him for coming out with this.
Some songs of his that I refer to:
Give me my Rapture today
whenever God Shines his light on me
Down at the Kingdom Hall
Into the Mystic
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You (this sing is a hymn not the crap version that Rod Stewart did)
Be Thou My Vision
Ancient of Days
Full Force Gale
See me Through
whenever God Shines his light on me
By His Grace
I’m sure there are others and not all of the above were written by Van the Man.
Van Morrison has long been an activist against British rule in Ireland and for Irish independence. He is/was involved in 'the troubles' (so they say).