Bair_the_Normal
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Egypt controls Jerusalem. Use them.
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thomas.berubeg
Wandering the World
If we're going with Egypt, I'd like a bit of a say in how Jesus is executed (As Crucifixion is not Egyptian) 
Following tradition (one which will allow for Jesus to be resurrected, so that the Myth goes on as expected) Jesus will be drowned in a river, which will make the river be a symbol of christianity in this TL.
"What is dead cannot die"
Following tradition (one which will allow for Jesus to be resurrected, so that the Myth goes on as expected) Jesus will be drowned in a river, which will make the river be a symbol of christianity in this TL.
"What is dead cannot die"
Nintz
King of the Britons
That works. Anyone opposed to the Egyptian Drowning of Jesus?
Note: We need a symbol that isn't a cross then.
Note: We need a symbol that isn't a cross then.
thomas.berubeg
Wandering the World
Edited the previous post: The River itself? (Can also come to represent the passage to the Afterlife, as it is in Egyptian Mythology) I can truly see Egyptian mythology having a significant influence on Christian beliefs here.
Patchy
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Not really if we are approaching this from a historical stand point. Some others may have a problem with it though.
Arrow Gamer
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I, a Christian, have no problem, so I don't see why anyone should.
Are we allowed to explore what is outside the map?
Are we allowed to explore what is outside the map?
Bair_the_Normal
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As opposed to drowning him in a river, how about the Dead Sea?
thomas.berubeg
Wandering the World
As opposed to drowning him in a river, how about the Dead Sea?
Cause it was based on the even more ancient Egyptian practice of drowning in the Nile, which was exported as "Drown in whatever handy river is nearby." I've got no sources to back this up, but I suspect it has something to do with the place of the river in Egyptian Cosmology in relation to life and death.
Patchy
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Some of the legends behind Ra, god of the sun, involve him guiding the sun across the sky during the day before dying at night and floating across a river in the underworld before being reborn at daybreak.
thomas.berubeg
Wandering the World
"RENDER UNTO PHARAOH WHAT BELONGS TO PHARAOH, AND TO GOD WHAT BELONGS TO GOD!"
Heh, this version of Christianity will probably have a much bigger appeal amongst Jews than OTL
Heh, this version of Christianity will probably have a much bigger appeal amongst Jews than OTL
Bair_the_Normal
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To give a proper execution where the victim would go to the afterlife, no? To drown someone in a dead, salty ocean would make them essentially completely devoid of all life to the Egyptians, methinks. Just a thought, though.
thomas.berubeg
Wandering the World
And souls of the dead were ferried along a great river to be judged.
thomas.berubeg
Wandering the World
We'll see where the religion goes, i'm likely going to adopt it as a state religion, or incoporate it into the egyptian way as soon as I can, but, we'll see how it goes.
Patchy
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Going the pat of the Romans with this one? Well good luck, hopefully we see some good RP out of it.
arya126
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You could keep the cross if you drowned him by throwing him into the river on a weighted cross or something. Avoid changing too much. I as a Christian have no problem with it being changed for the purposes of this game, however it would likely be easier to keep as much the same as possible.
Manco Capac
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Indeed, completely new to Never Ending Stories. So will you post screenies then of what happened.
Bair_the_Normal
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You might want to note that NESes are mostly completely irrelevant to any game of Civ.
TerrisH
Mischief?
Yeah.. Persis or Medea look quite well. Going to read the updates in the last thread to get a feel for which one to grab. favoring Persis right now because of the ocean border, and the potential of trade that means, so mark me down for it now.
Edit: yhea.. Defenitly going with Persis. recent influx of territory to cause internal ripples, not much definition, and very good position to expand from..
Terrance888
Discord Reigns
I have a solution for the army issue.
Each nation has a standard army unit of a standard cost. To somewhat flavor it, these standard units are differentiated via an army description stat.
The UU system will be completely separate, but the existence of the army description allows basic compositional and training/cultural differences while keeping prices and sizes in check.
This is the system in TerraNES part 2. Even if this is not the right idea for you, it can possibly get you on the right track to a better solution.
Good luck!
Each nation has a standard army unit of a standard cost. To somewhat flavor it, these standard units are differentiated via an army description stat.
The UU system will be completely separate, but the existence of the army description allows basic compositional and training/cultural differences while keeping prices and sizes in check.
This is the system in TerraNES part 2. Even if this is not the right idea for you, it can possibly get you on the right track to a better solution.
Good luck!
