Poops, ты точно выразил точку зрения Firaxis по этому вопросу.


Вот "заявление" Firaxis o введении религий в игре (из официального "мануала"):

RELIGION IN THIS GAME

We know that people have extremely strong opinions about religions – in fact, many a war has arisen when these beliefs collide. We at Firaxis have no desire to offend anyone. However, given the importance that religions have had in human development, we didn’t want to just leave them out of the game altogether; instead we have tried to handle them in as respectful, fair and even-handed manner as possible. (All religions in the game have the same effects, the only difference being their technological requirements.)

There are seven religions in Civilization IV (testing having determined that seven is the optimal number for gameplay). When determining which seven to include, we picked those religions that we thought would be most familiar to our audience. We do not mean to imply that these religions are more important, better or worse than any other religions. We offer no value judgments on religion; we mean no disrespect to anyone’s beliefs. We’re game designers, not theologians.


Если кому то не нравится подобная политкорректность, то можно попробовать донести свое недоумение непосредственно Firaxis.