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Doubting Thomas

noun

The Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes. Synonyms: Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, Thomas, Thomas the doubting Apostle.

Someone who demands physical evidence in order to be convinced (especially when this demand is out of place).

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"Doubting thomas" Quotes from Famous Books

... matter of cordial good fellowship, the accommodating Imperial Grand Master evoked a devil to give evidence of his actuality to Margiotta, who, in spite of the episode of the goat, still posed as a doubting Thomas. It was managed by means of a whisky-bottle, out of which, after certain invocations and magical ceremonies, a vapour rose mysteriously, and resolved itself into a human figure, wearing a golden crown, with a brilliant star in the middle. According to the picture which accompanies this delicious ...

— Devil-Worship in France - or The Question of Lucifer • Arthur Edward Waite

... the doubting Thomas of the Greeks. He questioned everything, and declared that the great problems of the universe could not be solved. He asserted that it was the duty of man, and the part of wisdom, to entertain no positive judgment on any matter, and ...

— A General History for Colleges and High Schools • P. V. N. Myers