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RE: "Doesn't [the story of Doubting Thomas] indicate that he doubted the being before him was the risen Jesus?"


You're right, I was relying on my memory. So I went back and read John 20. John 20:24-25 makes it clear that Thomas doubted that the rest of the Apostles had seen Jesus.
If God wanted us to be Atheists we'd be born that way.