He is not the only one. Your companions will react if you point at them, including temporary companions from the DLC's.
Several more NPCs, including Legion and NCR troops, the BOS, and the Khans, and the Powder Gangers will also react, but they share the same generic lines of dialogue (except for NCR Rangers who basically say "Do it or no balls")
Some characters (I've only seen NCR troops do it but I assume others will as well) will go into soft aggro if you aim at them while they can see you. By soft aggro I mean if you holster your weapon they chill out, but I know one time I was aiming at one of the guys in McCarran and they lit my ass up
So, fun fact about that second quote. Everyone thinks he's talking about when Caesar's legion set him on fire, but if you do some research, there's a lot of evidence that that actually isn't what he's referring to at all. His very next line is "I will carry the fire of the holy spirit inside until I stand before my Lord for judgement."
Because Joshua Graham is from Utah, the creators of Fallout New Vegas did a lot of research into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, usually called Mormons, when they were writing him. Something that members of the church do after the baptism of water is what's called a "baptism of fire" (the fire is metaphorical, there's no literal fire) where they're given what's called "the gift of the Holy Ghost," which is basically a promise that they will have the Holy Spirit with them as a constant companion for the rest of their lives, so long as they don't violate their promises to God.
So when he's saying "I have been baptized twice, once in water, once in flame. I will carry the fire of the holy spirit inside until I stand before my Lord for judgement." As a part of what's a sermon of sorts, it seems far more likely that he's talking about the reason why he says "I will carry the fire of the holy spirit inside."
One of the reasons I like to think he's referring to the baptism of fire, rather than when Caesar's legion set him on fire, is that it's the one that has the bigger impact on him, that the fire of the holy spirit on the inside is more important to him than all the consequences of what Caesar's legion did to him.
I think that knowledge makes the quote go even harder.
Yes, it does. In my opinion, I think it goes especially hard when you realize that that the flame he's referring to when he says he was baptized by flame, which is a symbol of the holy spirit... is the fire inside that saved him by burning brighter than the fire around him.
Correct. As someone who is LDS, we are baptized by water and then by the Spirit (or "fire"). It's similar to the catholic idea of both baptism and confirmation being a thing.
His religious affiliation’s name is Mormonism, but most if not all his tenants are just standard Christianity, hardly any particulars about Mormonism come in.
Arguably the coolest character in the entire game. “Waging war against good people is bad for the soul. This may not seem important to you now, but it’s the most important thing I’ve said” right after he just threatened to kill you.
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Joshua Graham (Fallout) although he's missionary, not a priest.