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Hispanic caucasian over here. 8-) Born in the United States and proud of it too. Not as proud to say I was born in southern California! My lineage is mostly full of Mexicans, Mormons and Mayflower Americans. I went really far back on my mother's side and found out that I apparently have a...

Orthodox is one of the strictest forms of Judaism. I was explaining that the hypothetical post-apocalyptic Jewish community wouldn't be hardline unless they were Orthodox Jews.

Please. No one here could match my knowledge on 20th century history. 8-) Vault 15 was packed wth a bunch of people from radically diverse religions and races. I'm assuming that Aradesh sort of served as a leader or spokesman for the Indian/Hindu sect of the vault. Apparently, televaginalism...

Orthodox. Not reform or conservative, but ethnic Jews who require a familial connection to be accepted. Remember that very few people survived the war. It's a statistical miracle, but you may be right. The Mormons got Vault 70, so maybe an orthodox Jewish community commissioned their own vault.

Very true! I would rather some things be left unsolved, lest Bethesda swoops in and ruins yet another good potential plot. According to J.E. Sawyer, Italy was in anarchy by 2060. The anarchistic former European Commonwealth was a battleground decimated by conventional warfare and torn apart...

I actually found myself marveling at the resemblance of God's militia to the Children of the Cathedral. Great idea, but it would mean that we would be essentially copy-pasting the Children into a new game. The Jewish people in the community wouldn't be orthodox, though, because of the...

No, I'm definitely with you there. I don't want this thread going to the vats. :lol: Back to the religious discussion, I'd say overall that it's pretty safe to say that most wastelanders are atheists. It would be hard for most people to have faith in such a dismal situation.

Good point. This is a pretty interesting conversation, though. We could continue it in a separate thread, if anyone else is interested.

As one would hate fascism or any other radical idea. Communism, socialism, fascism, and even religious extremism all stem from the same issue- ignorance. That is something that can never be weeded out. It's important to know how these ideas start, the conditions in which they form, and how to...

As I thought. After losing Israel, I'm sure most of the Jews lost their faith. This actually brings up an interesting bit of lore. Apparently, some sort of Arabic terrorist organization managed to acquire a nuclear weapon to attack Tel Aviv. That's a really big accomplishment for a guerrilla...

Again, I'm not a particular fan of the Followers. They're definitely crypto-communists. I could see some of the more insane of them going off and making something akin to Jonestown. On major religions, what about Judaism? Most Jews were probably wiped out by the attacks on Tel Aviv and the...

I find the idea to be a little bit ridiculous. I doubt it. I even find myself in disbelief when I hear that about the size of the NCR's army. It's just a little hard to believe that they have hundreds of thousands of soldiers fighting every year after the world's population was brought down to...

They're probably going to take the location I used for my own stories and butcher them. That's right, get ready for the south to be turned into a theme park. Hey, at least they're not getting their grubby hands on Nevada.

Remember that a lot of things could have changed after the divergence. Bakersfield, for example, grew to be a sprawling metropolis. From what we saw in the Fallout intro, it even rivals Los Angeles in size. Using the same logic, it can be assumed that Los Ybañez grew to a ridiculous size for...

They say a lot of leftist and collectivist things, but hey, 'anarchist' was once synonymous with 'communist'. It's all ignorance, and stems from the same twisted source idea. However, I'm not in the mood to turn this thread into a political battle- agree to disagree?

I hate to say it, but there was a little bit of tediousness in New Vegas, at least after having completed it once. However, the freedom of role play more than makes up for that, so it certainly doesn't detract from it's status as a great game. Looking back, I sort of wasn't a fan of the...

I think so, I was able to access it in previous playthroughs.

Maybe a minor nitpick with your argument, but Vault 13 is actually implied to be the most advanced vault. It took the longest to build, it's equipped with construction equipment and hydroponic farms, and it got top billing as 'the Vault of the Future'. Vault 8 is more of a slice of what the...

Not necessarily. Many of the Arroyo villagers were desert survivalists or tribals from across the wasteland.

Okay, so New Vegas is non-canon then, right? No. There had to have been at least a second outpost somewhere. That's not saying there was another 1,000 person station, but rather a few five man camps scattered around here and there. Note that New Vegas's remnants inhabit a former Vertibird...