If you found multiple religions

Red Stranger

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Hey, I just got the game so I'm playing on Chieftain. As a result I'm doing very well on Tech vs the AI. I have founded every religion. Should I spread all those religions or should I only spread the state religion? Does it cause unhappiness in the city if there are multiple religions? How do I change the state religion? And how do I built the Shrine that get others to pay tribute?
 
should you spread all of your other religions? yes, but you might want to only spread your state religion at first so the other civs will convert to yours
Does it cause unhappiness in the city if there are multiple religions? no, with free religion you actually get happiness for every religion in the city
How do I change the state religion? press the hand thats in the upper right corner.. don't know the shortcut, sorry ^^;
And how do I built the Shrine that get others to pay tribute? you need a great prophet to build the religion's shrine. other civs don't pay tribute, you get +1 gold for each city that has that religion.
 
- Should I spread all those religions or should I only spread the state religion?

Not necessarily. Every one you spread will give you +1 gold (if you have built the holy shrine) and +1 culture in your own cities. So I would spread them in all of your own cites. However, for enemy cities, you might only want to spread one religion. For maximum diplomatic benefit, you may want all neighbors to be a single religion (that you then match). If you spread Hinduism and Judaism to your neighbors, as an example, one might convert to Judaism and the other to Hinduism, which could create problems.

- Does it cause unhappiness in the city if there are multiple religions?

No. In fact, it improves happiness if you build multiple temples. Plus, if you switch to free relgon later, happiness is boosted even more. There is zero downside to spreading multiple religons withn your own cities.

- How do I change the state religion?

F7 and then select the religion you want.

- And how do I built the Shrine that get others to pay tribute?

You need great prophets. Which means you need great prophet people points. Some wonders will give these (Stonehenge, for example). You can also manually generate these points with priest specialistis. Once you get the great prophet, move them to the city that founded the religon (will have a star on the religion symbol) and select the holy shrine option.
 
Just a note:

The only "downside" to spreading every religion to each of your cities is that each existing religion makes it more difficult to spread a new religion would could result in lots of wasted missionaries (ergo wasted production). Because of this, make sure you spread your state religion first.
 
You only get the gold if you have the shrine, and you can only build the shrine if you have a Great Prophet. So get those Great People Points cranking (through wonders or priest specialists, enabled by building temples).

You'll find that religions spread on their own through trade routes, so if you want a specific religion to spread faster you need to use missionaries. I'm curious if it's possible to create "one big happy family" or if, inevitably, some AI's will adopt one religion and others another, which is often how the game AI's split into two warring factions.
 
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