Interesting...

[GeoModder]

Plenty of holy centers are there, not to mention the ancient antaganonism between Soenni's and Sji'ites. (sorry for the spelling, if wrong)

[sabrewolf]

Originally posted by The_Aussie_Lurker
The most likely answer to the first question is that you probably will-but good luck trying to keep your nation together during the middle part of the game when you are trying to appease half a dozen different religions, especially given that you can only have 1 State religion at any given time !. Admittedly, though, you will probably manage to rake in a fair bit of cash if you manage to convert enough people in other civs to your religion !

Yours,
Aussie_Lurker.

you've got a good point there!

it may not be the source of islam, but take today's india for example. they've got the advantage of wonderful buildings such as taj mahal and many other beautiful islamic constructs but also have to deal with the problems between hindus and muslims.

same goes for jerusalem

[sabrewolf]

Originally posted by Cataphract887
wtf capturing your religion center should stir up some nasty resistance. iraq for example,has just made the terroists even stronger than before by giving then worldwide support and more people signing up.

i disagree. for one, until a few years ago such people were called guerilla fighters but mainly i believe you're wrong because the US+some allies may have captured the country and are "enforcing" our western democracy, but i don't hear of any spreading of religion down there. the insurgents are troublemakers (admittedly big troublemakers) that disagree with the western presence and are frustrated that the iraquis in power are allied and agree... so independent of the predominantly christian west.

but this is getting off-topic... i'm still hoping for an answer to my 3rd question:

3) do religions spread out geographically or can they also "jump" half the way around the globe, like with missionarism or when capturing a "lesser" civ (in this case meaning one without it's own religion)

[sabrewolf]

Originally posted by GeoModder
Plenty of holy centers are there, not to mention the ancient antaganonism between Soenni's and Sji'ites. (sorry for the spelling, if wrong)

sunnis and shiites i believe is the correct english spelling? (maybe sunnites and shi-ites?)

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Martinus

I have no idea what you are talking about. Which religion has its holy cities located in Iraq, exactly?

Islam- or rather the state religion of Iran- Shi'ism, which also has adherents in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, and elsewhere:

Karbala is a holy city for Iraqi Shia because it holds the shrine of the martyred Imam Husayn ibn Ali, whose death here in 680 and the subsequent conflict over succession of the caliphate distinguished the Shia from the Sunni sects of Islam. Karbala is also the site of the holy shrine to Husayn's brother, Abbas, who was martyred in the same battle. Shia make pilgrimages called Ashura to Karbala twice a year to commemorate Husayn's death-on the 10th day of the Muslim month of Muharram and 40 days later in the month of Safar. In recent years, however, the government has attempted to prevent Shia pilgrims from entering the city, causing tension. Because of its shrines, Karbala became an important center of Islamic learning and theology.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/karbala.htm