[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Religions in freeciv?

[dnh <dnh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just alittle side note here guys, Confucian theory is not a religion it is
a practise. You don't worship Confucious. I think of the other ones in
there are also not really religions at all. Gotta be very careful where
you tread in this, for example if you start calling confucianism a
religion, then to are all the little cults that spring up also religions.

dnh

On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Daniel Speyer wrote:

> I'm not convinced this is a good idea, but just to flesh it out some and
> see what people think...
> 
> Each religion requires a technology (except animism) and a period of
> conversion (analogous to a revolution).  You automatically get embassies
> with every civilization of your religion that you've contacted, except
> where otherwise marked.  Each religion also has certain advantages/costs.
> 
> #ifndef _EASILY_OFFENDED_
> 
> Technology            Religion                Special features        
> Justification
> None                  Animism         No embassies            You start with 
> this
> None                  Turmoil                 -5% tax         This is during 
> a switch (the tax penalty is
> because of fringe groups eating up resources)
> Ceremonial Burial     Shamanism               +1% science             Because 
> Shamans bring ideas from
> place to place and mix things around
> Literacy              Confucianism            +3% science             
> Emphasis on learning
>                                               -10% corruption importance of 
> good rulers
> Mysticism             Taoism                  +2 food in every city   
> beginnings of medicine -- maybe
> someone can come up with something better?
> Polytheism            Hinduism                +1 unhappysize  Stable social 
> structure upholds
> government
> Monarchy              Nationalism             +1 unhappysize  The government 
> is divine
>                                               no unhappy mil units    
> fighting for it is good
>                                               -1% science             
> thinking for yourself is bad
>                                               no embassies            it's 
> not really one religion
> Republic              Freedom of Religion     embassy with all        There's 
> some of everything
> practiced
>                                               -1 unhappysize  All those 
> different religions cause friction
> Philosophy            Buddhism                +2 unhappysize  Emphasis on 
> non-violence prevents
> rioting
>                                               no happy mil units      but 
> also warfare
> Monotheism            Judiasm         +5% science             emphasis on 
> learning
> Theology              Christianity            +2 unhappysize  support for 
> authority
>                                               -2% science             
> conflict with scholars
> Democracy             Humanism                immune to famine        
> nobody's allowed to *starve*
> Economics             Capitalism              +10% tax                
> everyone makes so much more money
>                                               -2% science             and so 
> many more patent laws
> Communism             Authoritarian Atheism   automatic w/ Communism  that's 
> how it was
>                                               +1 unhappysize  attacking the 
> government is evil
>                                               -1% science             
> prohibition of counter-revolutionary philosophies (e.g.
> Mendelianism)
>                                               no embassies            It's 
> not really one religion
> Computers             Discordianism           randomly gives +[1-7]% science 
> each turn        You
> want it should make sense?
> Robotics              Church of Emacs 0 fogofwar              What?!?! You 
> say emacs doesn't find
> enemy armies?!?!? Blasphemer!!!!!!!!
> University(?)         Islam                   gives embassy w/ Jew + 
> Christian        Tradition of
> religious tolerance
>                                               +2% science             
> tradition of learning
> Medicine              Psychoanalysis          +1 unhappysize  'Don't riot, 
> just go to therapy'
>                                               -1% science             
> Everyone is entitled to his own theory, independent of
> evidence
> Fusion Power          toy-worship             +3 unhappysize  It's got to be 
> good for
> something!
> 
> #endif /* _EASILY_OFFENDED_ */
> 
> This is all sort of tenative, and Islam and Taoism are very random (I
> thought they should be included).  Something should be added for Labor
> Union, and maybe Code of Laws.  Shinto should be somewhere.  I really
> don't mean to offend anybody; I'm sorry if I have.  I also have no idea
> how to implement this -- mostly server-side I guess.
> 
> Just my US$.02, maybe a little more
> --Daniel Speyer
> "May the /src be with you, always"
> 
>