How does it affect you #2

[zeace]

Atheism should be a civic option similar to free-religion, maybe called secular government. But whereas FR give you bonus happiness for each religion, secular government would remove all advantages from religion and prevent new religions from joining cities. Civs with state religions would get negative modifiers with you: "You deny the existence of our god!!!". The offset would be an even higher science rate, maybe +30%.

[proviisori]

Originally posted by zeace
Atheism should be a civic option similar to free-religion, maybe called secular government. But whereas FR give you bonus happiness for each religion, secular government would remove all advantages from religion and prevent new religions from joining cities. Civs with state religions would get negative modifiers with you: "You deny the existence of our god!!!". The offset would be an even higher science rate, maybe +30%.

[Alexander I]

Originally posted by zeace
Atheism should be a civic option similar to free-religion, maybe called secular government. But whereas FR give you bonus happiness for each religion, secular government would remove all advantages from religion and prevent new religions from joining cities. Civs with state religions would get negative modifiers with you: "You deny the existence of our god!!!". The offset would be an even higher science rate, maybe +30%.

Much better idea than having an atheist religion.
After all, there's no civic option for religion that would accurately reflect a communism state.

[Arrian]

I have no religion. I typically found Confucism in CIV. Religion is a key element of the game. Great for manipulating the masses

-Arrian

[Brutus66]

I typically go for hinduism because a spiritual AI civ can usually get to buddhism before me.
I like Civ's approach to religion compared to other games- In Europa Unversalis, you're pretty much stuck with whatever religion your nation starts with historically, and Medieval 2 (if you play as English or French) you're stuck being Catholic with no way of converting and are constantly having to deal with Papal directives.
I just wish the religions had more character- they're kind of homogeneous and bland. This is the result of political correctness- they were too afraid of offending someone.

[Spiffor]

I'm an atheist, and I sometimes found a religion, sometimes not. I generally have trouble spreading my religion to my neighbours (unless I make a big effort at missionary work), so I often end up more diplomatically isolated if I found my own religion than if I just go with the flow.

[rumpo kid]

I've voted for "Find first religion I can get" though it is worth adding that I only do that when I think it is tactically useful to do so.

Though interestingly I usually do go for "State Ownership" so may be I should have answered "yes" to the question.

[Robert]

Originally posted by Nacht
I'm an atheïst and I very much like founding religions in civ. So I guess I have to choose the banana option.

You should vote the 3rd option, since your religion, atheism, isn't in :P but you try to get the first you can get!

I voted the 3rd option as well.

[Robert]

Anyway, the Dutch are in!
They obviously should have been in the vanilla game, but hey, I am a patient guy

[Franklinnoble]

I usually find Confucianism, but that's because I rush to get Code of Laws so I can do the Oracle-Civil Service slingshot.

[Nikolai]

I found what I can get, period.

[Strudo]

I try and get one early. There is just no better source of income than the holy shine!

Oh and when I say get I don't always mean found. Sometimes it's just get

[One_more_turn]

That depends on how I play the game. If I want domination, I don't want to be bothered with researching religions, I will just take their holy cities whenever convenient. If I want culture, then founding religion is a must.