From the article: "Of course, that’s if the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or Pastafarianism, can even be considered a religion — and exploring the question of what constitutes a religion in the first place? “And who decides that?” Arthur asks. “Because if the state decided that, then that's a violation of the separation of church and state. A state can't say your religion is [valid].”"

Religion ... pure and faultless is this: to help widows and orphans in need and avoiding worldly corruption. James 1:27

10 commandments, laws of Moses, the law and prophets that governed the nation of Israel over 2000 years ago is what people now refer to as "religious " text.

It seems to me, what most people call "religion" is what others call "state". Therefore, there is no way to seperate (church) religion and government they are the same thing. Most illogical atheist doesn't understand this.