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The verse states briefly that "they saw him", then "they worshipped him", concluded by a puzzling phrase "but some doubted" (hoi de edistasan). [2]The Greek root word for "doubted" is distazō, which is only used here and in Matthew 14:31 when Jesus rebuked Simon Peter for having "doubt" after he lost his confidence during his walk on the water toward Jesus. [2]
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas by Caravaggio, c. 1602. A doubting Thomas is a skeptic who refuses to believe without direct personal experience – a reference to the Gospel of John's depiction of the Apostle Thomas, who, in John's account, refused to believe the resurrected Jesus had appeared to the ten other apostles until he could see and feel Jesus's crucifixion wounds.
In addition, the Vimuttimagga identifies four types of doubt: doubt regarding self is a hindrance to tranquility; doubt regarding the Four Noble Truths and three worlds is a hindrance to insight; doubt regarding the Triple Gem is a hindrance to both tranquility and insight; doubt regarding places and people is a hindrance to "non-doctrinal" things;
[41] He offered another description (or version) of the subjective method of overcoming doubt. There he claims that it is an irrationality to want to deal with doubt about Christianity by demonstrating its truth philosophically, and that “the best means against all doubt about the truth of this doctrine of Christianity is self-concern and ...
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This full assurance of faith "excludes all doubt and fear since the heart has now been perfected in love", consistent with a Wesleyan–Arminian interpretation of 1 John 4:18, which proclaims "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love."
"Sometimes real and false create doubt or doubt arises about the appearance of false as real". [This quote needs a citation] Like any scene of a mirage, if it is perceived then it might not be real, but if it is not perceived it can be felt or experienced. "Unattainability of the truth of the real, as well as the unreal, creates doubt of its ...
belief in a self (Pali: sakkāya-diṭṭhi) [4] doubt or uncertainty, especially about the Buddha's awakeness (vicikicchā) [5] attachment to rites and rituals (sīlabbata-parāmāsa) [6] sensual desire (kāmacchando) [7] ill will (vyāpādo or byāpādo) [8] lust for material existence, lust for material rebirth [9]