Why can't I have God King with a Theocracy?

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It seems to me that God King should have the option of restricting the growth of other religions in the civ... Or is the civ leader supposed to be the religion, and other religions are secondary? Would one or the other fit better under Cultural Values?

Am I just grumpy because I don't want to give up the benefits of God King for Theocracy? yeah.... :blush:
 
I'd say that in God king the Ruler is not quite a diety but certainly his emmissary while theocracy is more about a beauracracy of priests. Also its about balance.
 
Rome had a divine ruler, but no theocracy. Same with Egypt, China and more recently Japan. In fact, a system with a God King negates the need for a theocracy. God IS, and therefore he doesn't need go-betweens to decide what his bidding is.
 
Not to mention that the Grigori got a little tougher to play now that free religion is gone. So many mad people! :mad: :mad: :mad:
 
Jarlaxle135 said:
Not to mention that the Grigori got a little tougher to play now that free religion is gone. So many mad people! :mad: :mad: :mad:
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Run Aristocracy, instead, then. Use troops to replace priests.
 
Endovior said:
Run Aristocracy, instead, then. Use troops to replace priests.
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Erm, that had been removed a while ago.:(
 
wilboman said:
Rome had a divine ruler.
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Ah, first time I hear this. Who was him ?
 
Strictly speaking, all the Emperors were considered divine, AFAIK. At least, they had to be worshiped. Which, to my mind entails divinity, although not necessarily as a god on par with the rest of the pantheon. Many martyrs died for refusing to make the appropriate sacrifices to the emperors, the Jews had a dispensation. I may be getting my facts muddled as to the precise nature of the way in which emperors were treated, but they were, at least, considered to be more than mere men.
 
Fairly sure Cladius was a revered as the others. I mean, wouldn't they have got rid of him even faster if they didn't believe he was someone special?
 
Actually, I believe Augustus said publically that he wasn't divine himself. The Cult was more about revering the line of emperors than any individual living one... though Caligula seems to have been an anomaly there.
 
Augustus is just a title. Giving the title Augustus (and using said title, which Octavius did) signifies that the bearer of the title is to be looked upon as divine. Therefore, Rome did have divine rulers. That's what Augustus means. ^_^
 
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