Religion: What's the best way to found one?

[gettingfat]

If I don't care about early religion, I'd go for polytheism instead of meditation. After research of alphabet it's much easier to trade for meditation than polytheism. With polytheism you can go for literature right away.

 

[Morgrad]

I used to use religion as an economic crutch - now I use it as an economic crutch after I take the Holy City from my neighbor. =)

Through Monarch you should be able to bee-line Judaism and get either Hinduism or Judaism - but in my opinion the techs you could have been working have more value than an early religion.

Chopped Oracle -->Code of Laws is almost always successful. I can't remember a time I made the attempt and failed it - though I usually don't bother anymore.