Aztec-christian metling pot

[Jak9090]

wouldn't; it be cool if after some time, if the aztecs conquer europe they get a chance to adopt christianity, but not as we know it, it'd be their own veriation of christianity that has heavy aztec pagan influences...would allow to make them playable and add some cool flavour ,what do you think?

 

[Chazzen01]

wouldn't; it be cool if after some time, if the aztecs conquer europe they get a chance to adopt christianity, but not as we know it, it'd be their own veriation of christianity that has heavy aztec pagan influences...would allow to make them playable and add some cool flavour ,what do you think?

I'd rather just get a pagan DLC...

 

[ziamatt]

A new Christian group religion that could be adapted by the people living in conquered Aztec lands would actually be a cool idea.

 

[Jakalak]

wouldn't; it be cool if after some time, if the aztecs conquer europe they get a chance to adopt christianity, but not as we know it, it'd be their own veriation of christianity that has heavy aztec pagan influences...would allow to make them playable and add some cool flavour ,what do you think?

I'm not really seeing why a successful invading force would decide to change their religion to that of the people they conquered?

 

[hylander25k]

I'm not really seeing why a successful invading force would decide to change their religion to that of the people they conquered?

Because typically if the religion of the ruling class =\= religion of the populace, revolutions happen.

This is most evident in the vandal/visigoth/aryan christian overlordship vs. orthodox christian population dynamic after the fall of the roman empire. Though there wasn't a revolt so much as there was a population that was content to give up their overlords.

 

[Rewjeo]

Also, if a fairly small ruling group is in charge thousands of miles from "home," it makes sense that they might embrace local ideas.

 

[Hawkeye1489]

Also, Mongols from Pagan to Muslim as another example of a conquering force adopting the religion and culture of the conquered.

 

[Chamboozer]

I'm not really seeing why a successful invading force would decide to change their religion to that of the people they conquered?

Uhh... Look at the Mongols. The Aztec invasion is supposed to mirror them after all.

 

[Effixel]

I'm not really seeing why a successful invading force would decide to change their religion to that of the people they conquered?

When Germanic tribes invaded the Roman Empire (or what was left of it), they adopted the language and the religion of the people living there. So it's far from being ahistorical.

 

[ziamatt]

I'm not really seeing why a successful invading force would decide to change their religion to that of the people they conquered?

Most conquerors have borrowed influences from the people the conquer. Culture is not static, and it's not always clearly defined. After decades or centuries of living in foreign lands, Aztecs will borrow ideas from their subject. It's inevitable that Aztecs will be exposed to these new ideas and repurpose some of them in their own way. Even if Aztecs never become truly Christian, eventually the culture and religion of Aztecs living in the New World would be remarkably distinct from the culture and religion that the Aztecs brought with them. And their subjects won't be uninfluenced by this cultural diffusion either.

 

[liamgamer55]

wouldn't; it be cool if after some time, if the aztecs conquer europe they get a chance to adopt christianity, but not as we know it, it'd be their own veriation of christianity that has heavy aztec pagan influences...would allow to make them playable and add some cool flavour ,what do you think?

Yes and it's also really easy to mod.

 

[Zireael]

A new Christian group religion that could be adapted by the people living in conquered Aztec lands would actually be a cool idea.

I support this wholeheartedly.

 

[Nyrael]

I'm not really seeing why a successful invading force would decide to change their religion to that of the people they conquered?

Many invading forces in history adopted the religion of their populace (Germanic trbies which qoneuerd Western Rome, Goths, Vandals, Slavs, Mongols, etc.) if they are centered in the conquered lands. Since the Aztec Empire in the game is autonomous from the Aztec Empire overseas, it would actually make sense for them to adopt Christianity later on in order to survive.