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The above cartoon depicts the caricature of a doubter, and specifically of Thomas who became known as \u201cDoubting Thomas.\u201d But is skepticism in the face of seemingly incredible claims really inappropriate? Was Thomas the fool depicted in the cartoon above, or wiser than far too many gullible Christians today, whose unwillingness or inability to doubt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[720,2819,3329,3511,4095,4270,5677,10276,12542],"class_list":["post-13900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gospel-of-john","tag-apostle","tag-doubt","tag-faith","tag-foolish","tag-gospel-of-john","tag-gullible","tag-jesus","tag-resurrection","tag-thomas"],"yoast_head":"\n
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