doubting thomas Meaning and Definition
1. n. someone who demands physical evidence in order to be convinced (especially when this demand is out of place)
2. n. the Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes
A doubting Thomas is a skeptic who refuses to believe without direct personal experience—a reference to the Apostle Thomas, who refused to believe that the resurrected Jesus had appeared to the ten other apostles, until he could see and feel the wounds received by Jesus on the cross.
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