Will these religions make a comeback in Sims 4? It would be interesting to see Churches and Temples in the game. But I'm sure once we get Peteran and Jacoban religions, we'll get more request for different never before seen sim religions.

Sounds like a bad can o' worms to me, do not recommend opening it in this day and age.

Maybe if they do a new TSM.I suppose you could use the Holidays from Seasons to give some sense of religion (recreating real holidays, or making up your own, which is what I've done in my game). (Reinforcing the idea that sometimes this game gives you tools and you have to figure out how to make those tools work for you).There is one holiday ritual that is called Attend Festive Ceremony (or something like that) and the Sim just disappears for a few hours while they attend the service elsewhere. The downside to that ritual is you can't actually designate a lot to be the lot where the Sim attends the ceremony, so if you build a church or temple, it's not like they're specifically going there but you can pretend they are, I suppose. Also you can always build a church or temple, and then maybe even make clubs that hangout there and set activities so it looks lively. There aren't a ton of activities for clubs, and even less club activities for doing things that might be considered in the realm of traditional religious/ritualistic activity. I mean, the game already has Christmas trees, Menorah, and Kinara, so there are bits of religion in there. You can build lots and place religious objects in them.

I think these worked well in a semi-historical background with sims medieval. But I think the modern day environment in sims 4 is too similar to real life to add in made up religions. I think a lot of players have very different views from one another to find a way to implement them for all.For some it will be too close to real religions while for others it won't be close enough because they want actual existing ones.If this would ever be added, I think it is unlikely, then it should be a new free pack like the holiday pack so players can choose if they want to use it or avoid it.Now I feel like playing sims medieval again. Lol. In that game peteran and Jacoban religion fit in very well.

"Catzilla;c-17455583" wrote:Sounds like a bad can o' worms to me, do not recommend opening it in this day and age.Well, technically, every time, The Sims makes Christmas, Hannukah, Halloween, Easter themed objects, it's introducing religion into the game.

I made up my own Church for the game. Same as I used in TS3, Church of Similius. There is a church-ish building and some sort of a priest, but they focus on the green bars (and admitting the red must exist, too, to make the green more good). No obvious religious symbols, like paintings or sculptures of holy characters etc. There is no name giving and no services on specific weekdays (mainly because I don't play the lot very often). But the richer families (nobility) marry there, and I assume there will be a funeral or two, as well. And they have some annual ceremonies, like the green bars festival. The church runs a café in summer, and a gift shop all year selling anything green. And there is a monastery with a few monks and a Nestor, training the better suited candidate when the Priest needs replacement. I can post links to articles on both church and monastery on my blog, but perhaps this covered most of it :)

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SimuLord
4 years ago
I haven't got a church in the game (but would totally buy an Old Time Religion Stuff Pack that had callbacks to Sims Medieval), but I've put a fair bit of effort into my Honored Dead cemetery in Willow Creek, which has a lovely contemplative motif around the gravestones of sims who made memorable contributions to the world they lived in when they were alive.

I have another graveyard that's more like a landfill, which is far less thought out aesthetically speaking. It's just a place to dump bodies. But the Honored Dead fits into the religious leitmotif of my world.
RouenSims
Seasoned Traveler
4 years ago
I have a church, a pastor, a religious study group, and mannequin Sims who worship a mannequin god.
Madamelee
New Rookie
4 years ago
In the Sims Medival- the Jacobean religion had the the "put fear into people". Granted in 1900s some protestant religions were also the same (:see Pollyana the Haley Mills version) The Peteran one seems more Protestant since its not focused on "putting fear into people" but doing what one should do

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