Problem with Religious Victory (Not a Bug)

[William Webster]

I was playing a game as Russia with my own religion and I had defeated all other civs other than one, so naturally the conditions for a religious victory were to convert the two remaining civs to your religion. The other civ in the game was Brazil, who also had a religion and they converted all of the cities that were previously Arabia's but became mine after I captured them. So in effect, Brazil had converted all of his cities and all of Arabia's that were mine and the game thought this was a religious victory when I still had my own cities that were my religion.

 

[MyOtherName]

If that northern clump of cities is Catholic and that southern clump of cities is Cancerous, then your civilization is, in fact, predominantly Catholic.

 

[Browd]

Yes, the game doesn't distinguish between cities you founded vs. cities you acquired. Once they were acquired, they became your cities. So, if after converting the former Arabian cities, a majority of your cities had his religion, you lose.