Keeping the faithful faithful?

[Lancer]

The other guys in my religion do sometimes sneak attack me, the unfaithul froward buggers. I've noticed that the different civs are influenced to different degrees. Some will have a high # on the 'We care about our brothers and sisters of the faith', and others a low #. Anyone know why? Is it solely due to the amount of believers in that empire?

How else (besides the AP which I know about) can I keep the faithful in the fold and a united front vs the heathen?

[Lord Avalon]

Walkest thou softly, but carryest a big stick.

[Wittlich]

I believe it has to do with how many of your cities (citizens) are of that faith and your population size compared to other civs populations....

Although Lord Avalon does make a valid point.

[crescentfresh]

there are also some values in the XML for each leader that influence the # next to "we care for our brothers and sisters of the faith."

the BtS reference sheet is useful for a quick rundown of the different leaders and their diplomatic attitudes:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=236346

[Supr49er]

I think it also has to do with how many other religions (and their percentages in the populations) that you and they have.
Doesn't your religious civic also factor in?

[Yaga]

I also believe that whether the religion is in their capitol (and yours) is a significant contributor.