Huh. I guess I've just had really weird luck. I wouldn't even really call that BAD luck necessarily, just odd. Anyway, I guess we're just of different minds in regard to how effective pantheons should be. I see no problem with getting 10 faith from using five pop to work five lakes. It sounds more like the plantation pantheon needs a buff to me.
And the mine one? and the Pasture one? It would be way easier just to tune this down than to tune all other ones up.
Considering lakes are so good you always want to work them no matter what, just letting them have 1 faith is good enough.