What is your favourite pantheon or religion beliefs in Civ?

[Tiodichia]

Mine is always God King for pantheons and those buildings you can buy with faith as Beliefs.

[Owley]

I find God king is a pretty safe one i find, but i will go for the god tears ( the perls and gem one) or stone circles if i am in the postion too. For relgion i like tithe and pagodas, and for the thrid one i will probably use feed the world which is always good.

[lshipp]

If I am in a desert with my capital -- desert folklore. Same deal with a tundra start I'll pick the one for Tundra tiles. If I chose to play an Archipeg map, or I find I have been given essentially a coastal start with decent number of sea resources, then I'll pick God of the Sea (or whatever exactly it is called). I bounce between Initiation Rites and Tithe, but will generally pick Initation Rites. Otherwise, Pagodas if available. So, I guess I don't really have a favorite go-to belief as such.

Nothing sucks more, though, than finally getting your religion only to realise there's no there there left to pick from. That condition reminds me of CIV4 and never having even a remote chance of founding one of the religions until you got near to discovering Theology I think it was, because all the Ai players would beat you to the earlier ones on the tech tree every time.

[Austellus]

The best thing with pantheons is a +faith one so you can rush to religion. The sooner you get it, the better the chance that no-one takes the religion you want. That said, dance of the aurora isn't great by virtue of having to have useless tundra to use it.

Of religions, Tithe is a perpetual favourite. Papal primacy is nice for diplomatic types as well.

EDIT: For follower beliefs, I like pagodas, or mosques. Varies a little depending on the happiness situation. Enhancer belief I usually take religious texts, to better spread my religion and drag in wealth.

[Raddish]

Fertility rites is probably best in the long run or if you're meh about religion.

[Kudomundo]

Goddess of Love, Sun God, or Ancestor Worship + Feed the World + Choral Music + Unity of the Prophets, Religious Texts, or Intenerant Preachers. Mabye some plantation based or gold and silver based ones if there's plenty around the area. Sacred Path is rarely helpful due to the urge to cut down all jungle tiles next to rivers and replace them with farms.

I never pick God of the Sea cause I prefer to focus on buildings and wonders, and God King is the worst cause it only provides a bonus in 1 city. The Hermitage based one is never picked cause it takes a while and I gotta take over the continent before focusing entirely on internal matters, and the +15 to Ancient and Classical Wonders one is only worthwhile if I plan on ending the game once I get past the Classical era (Never gonna happen).

[Trelares]

Mostly depends on the starting location I would say. If you have a medicore one God King often is the best approach because you get 5 bonus points at once and immediately. Otherwise Desert Folklore is awesome especially if you rush for Petra.

Tithe is a nice little bonus income, though sometimes I used Interfaith Dialogue, especially a nice boost for science if you know your enemy is going to spread his religion.

For the core beliefs I normally go Divine Inspiration (at least if I know I can get enough wonders to make it worthwile) and Religious Community (to push my production even more).

Lastly Messiah, Itinerat Preachers or Religious Text, just a lil something to help you push your Religion some more.

[Maiksy]

Oh, a difficult question

Ancestor Worship is great for wide play
Faith healers if going for a domination victory
Desert Folklore or Dance of the Aurora if conditions are right (mostly if appropriate tiles are hills)
God of the Open Sky is usually quite nice because there are plentiful of pasture resources
Goddess of Love for wide play
Religious settlements is really fun to use with certain mods
Sacred Path is a must have for Brazil
Sun God and Fertility rites good if you want to have high pop cities (science Win)

And too much to write about the religious beliefs (I had already written many but figured there's so many I'd be only derailing)

[Tiodichia]

Originally posted by Trelares:

Mostly depends on the starting location I would say. If you have a medicore one God King often is the best approach because you get 5 bonus points at once and immediately. Otherwise Desert Folklore is awesome especially if you rush for Petra.

I agree, i usualy use god king but if i am in a spot of desert, or there is a masive plains around me... desert foklore or religious settlements.

[Tiodichia]

Originally posted by Myelins:

Oh, a difficult question

Ancestor Worship is great for wide play
Faith healers if going for a domination victory
Desert Folklore or Dance of the Aurora if conditions are right (mostly if appropriate tiles are hills)
God of the Open Sky is usually quite nice because there are plentiful of pasture resources
Goddess of Love for wide play
Religious settlements is really fun to use with certain mods
Sacred Path is a must have for Brazil
Sun God and Fertility rites good if you want to have high pop cities (science Win)

And too much to write about the religious beliefs (I had already written many but figured there's so many I'd be only derailing)

I didnt mean what do you use them for! :-). I asked what is your favourite!!! LOL

[arhat]

Pantheon depends a bit on your terrain. Like if you have a lot of desert tiles Desert Lore is great for faith or if lots of Jungle tiles then Jungle path is very good for culture. I always choose tithe as the other option depend on the spread of your religion. I choose Cathedrals if I can for early great work of art slots, if not, Pagodas or Mosques

[lerisirel]

Personally I like Fertility Rites for the pop. boost. Coupled with landed elite (policy) and Temple of Artemis (if you're lucky enough), you get and extra 30% growth

[Tiodichia]

Originally posted by arhat:

I always choose tithe as the other option depend on the spread of your religion.

I agree, tithe is always a must for my religions

[mfly6148]

Once I discovered the multiple benefits of CS alliances, I pretty much always go for Papal Primacy + Religious Unity (enhancer), and I usually grab Mosques and/or Pagodas for the follower beliefs. If i can't get one of those, then I'll usually take Religious Community for the production boost. For Reformation, my go-to is always Heathen Conversion, if I can snag it.
EDIT: pantheon is very situational; if I can get a faith-producing one, that's usually my preference. If not, then culture-producing.