"'Twas inevitable."

"I think the biggest problem I could see is of course, religion.

It is so big of a concern for so many people that it just tends to inflame things that otherwise would be ignored.

Many many wars have been started in the name of religion; it is just an excuse to some people to claim their evil deeds are done in the name of their god.

This could lead to attacks on your settlement for no reason other than your religion.

And on the other side of things, I can easily see a Mormon faction post-Zed get power hungry and start killing anyone who didn't convert. (You'd be amazed at how an apocalypse and perhaps the death of a good leader can change things) Religion offers a greedy despot all the power he needs to enslave the masses. "

"*Lumps most mormons together* From what I've seen of the mormons I think they would, on average, be in a better situation than plenty others. Mostly for the reasons you've already listed. Many of them have a level of community and communication I find astounding and so many of them just seem so friggin helpful and nice. That stockpile of food thing is a huge deal in my mind and their pre-poc organization can only help. =^_^=

Also, its hard for me to imagine their tennets being used for causing a lot of harm since there is so little in the way of divine punishment amongst that culture. The fact that so many of them are well armed is another huge boon. =^_^=

Even though I could never believe it myself and I know that even some of the real believers can be a bit snobbish at times, that's one of the few branches of Judeo Christian religions I've always been able to get along with... even if I do poke fun at them from time to time.. =^_^;;="

"So, before I am accused by those not in the know of being anti-mormon, I am actually LDS, and if you read on, you'll see this is definetly not attacking mormons in any way.

Anyhow, the thought came to me earlier "what would [insert famous person] do on z-day" until I came to the leaders of my church, to which I thought "I wonder if the church would stay organized?", until I came to a list of things that might make them a good canadite for a faction:

Pro's:
1. our capital, salt lake city, is surounded by mountains on all sides.
2. It also has a 60%-70% mormon population, meaning lots of recruits.
3.We already have an idea as to how individual communities(we'll get to those) would operate.
4.We have well united and organized wards and branches all over the planet, for which salt lake can instantly communicate with via sattelite
5.temples are built much like castles, and I've never seen one without a wrought-iron fence around them.
6. mormons are advised to stockpile food, batteries, ect.(many include bullets and firearms to this list, though this was never ordered).
7. the church actually owns many planes, train, cars, ect., along with many factories, universities, and power plants.
8.we're already a record keeping church, so knowledge preservation will no problem.

cons:
1: anti-mormons may feel alienated and attack with some serious determination.
2: I can't think of any more."

"cons:
1: anti-mormons may feel alienated and attack with some serious determination.
2: I can't think of any more."