Believer
Believer noun - One who professes a religious faith.
Skeptic
Skeptic noun - A person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something.
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Played straight in seasons 9 with Doggett and Reyes, as they were meant to replicate (but not duplicate) the believer/skeptic relationship of their predecessors.
Source: Series / The X-Files - So Scully and Mulder weren't a pairing of a believer and a skeptic, but of two different and mutually skeptical believers.
Source: If Jesus, Then Aliens -
Whenever the Monster, Mystery or Victim of the Week was religious in nature, the "believer/skeptic" dynamic between Mulder (an agnostic/atheist) and Scully (a lapsed Catholic) would be inverted, with Mulder becoming overly skeptical and Scully becoming the believer.
Source: Agent Mulder
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