As the U.S. has become more secular, we have been looking to fill the void of idolizing some higher entity. For thousands of years, many earlier civilizations, such as the Egyptians, Jews, Greeks, and Romans, all had gods and royalty placed on pedestals of worship. But America has been different. We are a democracy. There is no ruler; there is no mandatory U.S. state religion. You have the right to be an atheist here. Our theory is that we've replaced the role of traditional rulers and even g...