Doubting Thomas

The Apostle Thomas (Didymus), perhaps though no fault of his own missed out when Jesus appeared to the other disciples in the "Upper Room" which I visited in Old Jerusalem while touring in 2009.  To Thomas, it was not fair to him for them to expect him to believe in the Resurrection just as much as they did.  Look, he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nail marks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."  (April 15th Gospel John 20:24-25)
The other apostles were probably trying to convince Thomas for a while and got fed up with them and said "But I did not see him and I'm not going to believe it.  He wants not only see the Risen Lord, but also to put his finger into the nail marks.  A week later Thomas is with the disciples when Jesus appears and he expresses explicitly, "My Lord and my God."  Indeed, the appearances in those first days after the resurrection were not fair to Thomas and to us either because we missed out on those one-time miraculous special events that are not available to us.  We may not be present more than 2,000 years ago but faith (even when nothing else seems to make sense in our world) in the Risen Christ gives experience, color and meaning to life, suffering and death. 
Once in a while I see in my reading so and so do not believe in God.  They are called atheist.  Air, I do not see.  Air, I do not touch.  But I believe air is there and present because it sustains me to keep me A L I V E !