Is there a thread discussing the religion taxes issue elsewhere? I say this not because I object to discussing it here, I'm just curious as to whether there is a rationale for it laid out somewhere. Throughout basically all of western history, religions have been exempt from regular taxation. Sometimes Church assets were seized, but that is already reflected in the ability to loot and sack temples. Game mechanics-wise, I don't see that there's anything wrong with how things work now, so I'm a little confused about why they would make this change, which will indeed make it *much* more annoying to maintain temples.