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Rollin Shultz (talk) 02:05, 6 August 2009 (UTC)rollinshultz[reply]

   I have an objection. I searched the term "unbeliever" and it redirected me to the infidel page. 
I did the search because I was reading a section of two Corinthians in the New Testament of the Bible.
My concern is this letter from Paul to the Corinthians takes place in circa AD60 or so and the
reference to Christian examples of unbeliever on the infidel page only date around AD1500.
The Infidel page also seems to be ambiguous in its distinction of the two terms, unbeliever and non-believer.
Therefore, I would prefer to have a separate page for unbeliever. It could include links to
terms such as Infidel.
I think it is important for the unbeliever page to make a clear distinction between unbeliever and non-believer as follows in paraphrase:

Unbeliever - a person who has heard and understood the scriptures pertaining to belief in Jesus
Christ and His testimony but has decided the scriptures are untrue.
Non believer - a person who has either not yet heard the scriptures pertaining to belief in Jesus
Christ and His testimony or who has heard and is unsure if this is indeed true, but is open to
revising his belief. When and where the term was first used is important also as well as times and places it changed or
evolved.