Just from curiosity destroyed Isabelle's Holy City...

[Handel]

The star from her religious symbol disappeared, but do someone knows what can happen later? The destroyed wonders cannot be build at new, but will the Holy City reappear later? Nothing is said in the manual about this.

[MattPilot]

No, the holy city won't reappear later. As for negative effects: The spread of that religion is slowed down, and of course you can't get any money from the holy shrine. Any Civ that had that religion as a state religion will hate you A LOT more.




Positive effects? Uhmm.....

[Fosse]

The holy city -- its wonders and effects as the holy city -- is simply gone forever.

Nobody can build the shrine ever again, and nobody will get line of site for owning the holy city and having the state religion again.

If the religion has already spread to other cities then it can still be used as a religion normally, exactly the way any religion in which you do not own the holy city is (except nobody can potentially see your cities).

If it has not yet spread from the holy city then you have just wiped out an entire religion. It's dead. Congratulations.

Edited for grammar.

[Shogun Gunner]

Beautiful. I guess that opens the door to Scientology.

[Tattila the Hun]

What bothers me most with religion in Civ4, is the lack of roman, greek and norse religions... They should be option, from polytheism or something.

[GeoModder]

It's moddable, see the Greek World scenario for that.

[SCarton]

Originally posted by Fosse
If it has not yet spread from the holy city then you have just wiped out an entire religion. It's dead. Congratulations.

Yyyyyyyyes!

[Diadem]

Do you actually get a relationship penalty with AIs for destroying the holy city of their state religion?

It would make sense...

[Demon Rob]

yes, big penalty.

only reason I knew I had done it was when I looked at the relationship values. didn't mind cos I was going to war with them real soon again.

[Dr,ape]

Originally posted by Shogun Gunner
Beautiful. I guess that opens the door to Scientology.

ROFLMAO

[Mace]

Originally posted by Tattila the Hun
What bothers me most with religion in Civ4, is the lack of roman, greek and norse religions... They should be option, from polytheism or something.

As GeoModder said, they can be added in (see the Greek World mod). And these religions were discussed in other threads here, and I think the consensus was that Firaxis opted to use only those religions that are still prevalent TODAY...not those that died out.

And that brings up another interesting point...wouldn't it be neat to have religions die out by themselves over time?? Like Roman polytheism, it died out and was superceded by Christianity in most places.

[Datajack Franit]

wouldn't it be neat to have religions die out by themselves over time?? Like Roman polytheism, it died out and was superceded by Christianity in most places.

Greco-roman polytheism was actually eradicated from the Roman world by "Christian fundamentalists" as soon as Christianity became a massive cult around Europe and the mediterranean coast, with pillages, massacres and the destruction of pagan holy shrines and temples

[Addled Platypus]

Originally posted by Shogun Gunner
Beautiful. I guess that opens the door to Scientology.

way funny

[Son of David]

Originally posted by Datajack Franit



Greco-roman polytheism was actually eradicated from the Roman world by "Christian fundamentalists" as soon as Christianity became a massive cult around Europe and the mediterranean coast, with pillages, massacres and the destruction of pagan holy shrines and temples

Some would say that (Catholic) Christianity actually adopted many Pagan elements as a compromise so as to convince the 'heathen' to convert. So a religion really lives on in its effects on the moral codes of superceding religions ....

BTW Greek polytheism contained many elements, such as the idea of gods impregnating mortal women and having heroic sons sent to earth, which mysteriously found their way into God's 'true Word'.

[Jonah5]

Hm..... this info gives me an idea, I may yet conquer the world!