Editing Van Morrison (section)

===Religion and spirituality===
Morrison and his family have been affiliated with St Donard's Parish Church, an [[Anglican]] congregation of the [[Church of Ireland]] located in east Belfast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://suncoastvanfans.blogspot.com/2012/04/religious-affiliation-of-van-morrison.html|title=Sunshine Coast Van Fans: The Religious Affiliation of Van Morrison|last=Kazooboy|date=29 June 2011|website=Suncoastvanfans.blogspot.com|access-date=8 December 2018}}</ref> During [[the Troubles]], the area was described as "militantly [[Protestant]]", although Morrison's parents have always been freethinkers, with his father openly declaring himself an [[atheist]] and his mother being connected to [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] at one point.<ref>Listening to Van Morrison by Greil Marcus, Introduction p. 1</ref> Van Morrison was linked to [[Scientology]] for a short time and even thanked its founder, [[L. Ron Hubbard]], in one of his songs.<ref name="BTS"/> Later, he became wary of religion, saying: "I wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot pole." He also said it is important to distinguish [[spirituality]] from religion: "Spirituality is one thing, religion ... can mean anything from soup to nuts, you know? But it generally means an organisation, so I don't really like to use the word, because that's what it really means. It really means this church or that church ... but spirituality is different, because that's the individual."<ref name="BTS">{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/van-morrison-has-religious-experience-during-la-service-35867612.html|title=Van Morrison has religious experience during LA service|access-date=8 December 2018|newspaper=The Belfast Telegraph}}</ref>