A couple of questions about religion arising from two different current games. They are both at king level.
In one game I have my own religion, but having built the pagodas and mosques that it gives access to in all four of my cities, I have allowed another religion to spread as it gives access to cathedrals and monasteries. All my cities now follow this foreign religion. I feel that once I have built all the religious buildings I want I would like to reestablish my religion (I have tithe).
I have read the (excellent) guide on religion, but wonder if there is any further advice on my particular situation. And one specific point, I cannot build missionarys to help because they will be of the foreign religion, but if a wait for a great prophet he will be of my religion, right?
In a second game I failed to get a religion and two civs in particular are falling over themselves to give me theirs. (One of my cities a little way from my main core seems to change religion every turn, sometime twice, and I worry about the well being of my poor, confused citizens.) I much prefer one to the other, so I have open borders with that civ and not with the other. Does the AI care about this? Any other thoughts?
Thanks for any advice.