Debate: Seperation of church and state is a fanciful myth
Side: True

A religion is not only defined as an institution.This is a valid point, but one I already made in my argument immediately prior. We can speak of a religion in the sense of an institutionalized sect or we can speak of it in a more individualized manner that may only have one adherent.A religion is also defined as a specific cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith; an idea noun. Such a thing does not necessarily require humans to form a governing bodyI said that already too, ala: "The practice of religion does not require an organized political institution"nor does it even necessitate orderI would disagree there. It is ordered according to individual preference, and is more or less meticulously ordered for the same reason you can be, say, a communist, without living within a communistic society.I agree. Congratulations on basically stating the same thing I did in my first paragraph albeit in different words.Because of this branch in definition, Separation of Church and State is not a fantasy or myth because religion is not necessarily connected to the state.I disagree. A state cannot be religiously neutral in either sense of the word It is not a prerequisite for an idea that is shared by multiple people to be organized into a governing body.If by "governing body" you mean "political organization", I agree.How is the state a religious sect?Because any difference you might suppose between the two, upon deeper examination is a commonality.What state?All of themA state, in the context I can assume you are using it, is an organized political community.That is correctSince a religion does not necessitate being organized and connected to an institution, a state is neither necessarily dependent upon being connected to a religion.A personal belief system doesn't depend on the state, but the state depends on personal belief systems. A state is ALWAYS an institutionalized belief system. A religion CAN BE but is not always.Just because everyone believes something doesn't mean everyone's beliefs are apart of a religion or religious view.The question is does everyone have "a system of beliefs they hold to with ardor and faith?" and while people believe all sorts of things that aren't exactly ancillary, and so these beliefs could reasonably be categorized as "non-religious", I'd say that everyone has a systematic set of very strong beliefs that can reasonably be categorized as religious.This also doesn't mean that politicians are supposed to make decisions based upon their beliefsA person, politician or not, makes all their decisions based upon their beliefs. If you think it's possible to make decisions that are not based on your beliefs, than this explains how you think separation of church and state is a realistic goal. if elected, they are supposed to make decisions that reflect upon either what's best for the people whom elected them, or, upon what the opinions are of the people whom elected them.What they think is best for the people who elected them is based on beliefs. The opinions of the people who elected them are based on those peoples beliefs.Since this is so, as long as politicians are doing things in this way (which is arguably the way it's supposed to be done), then they aren't necessarily making any decisions based upon any beliefs or religious beliefs they have, but rather based upon what is objectively better for the people being represented.If they happen to make a decision that conforms with what is objectively better for the people , it is because they just so happened to have a well formed belief, Not because the decision wasn't based on belief.In other words, politicians can separate their faith from the state.Sure if they don't have a strong belief on a political issueThus Separation of Church and State is not impossible, mythical, or fantastical, even if it's not guaranteed to happen during the creation of a government and state.The biggest difference between a church and a state is how they are spelled.