What did Sherlock Holmes say about God?

It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from flowers.” Holmes is alluding to what I call the problem of beauty. As I have explained previously, the problem of evil prevents me from believing in God, or at least an all-powerful God who gives a damn about us.

Is Sherlock Holmes agnostic?

By contrast Conan Doyle’s Holmes rarely comments on religious matters, and when he does he seems to express a kind of reverent agnosticism. From The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: SHERLOCK: Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

What dog did Sherlock Holmes have?

Toby
Toby. Toby is a dog who is used by Sherlock Holmes. He appears in The Sign of the Four and is described by Watson as an “ugly long haired, lop-eared creature, half spaniel and half lurcher, brown and white in colour, with a very clumsy waddling gait.” Though used by Holmes, the dog belongs to Mr.

Does Sherlock Holmes have a religion?

So the fact that he went doesn’t mean he was religious, and the fact that he called it “chapel” doesn’t mean he was Catholic. Holmes shows himself familiar with the story of David and Bathsheba in The Crooked Man but that’s a very famous story, and would have been more universally known then than now.

What religion was Arthur Conan Doyle?

He later rejected the Catholic faith and became an agnostic. One source attributed his drift away from religion to the time he spent in the less strict Austrian school. He also later became a spiritualist mystic.

Did Sherlock Holmes have a basset hound?

not sure he ever owned a dog. He certainly borrowed one on at least one occasion. The dog was called Toby but I don’t recall the breed or of the breed was mentioned. “Toby is a dog used by Sherlock Holmes on occasion to follow scent trails.

Was Sherlock Holmes religious in the books?

In this question, it is established that Sherlock Holmes, from the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was asexual and in explaining that it is stated that he showed very little emotion in general. This led me to wonder if he was religious in any of the books.

Did Sherlock Holmes work for the Pope?

Holmes did some work for the Pope, but there’s no indication that he did it out of a sense of religious obligation rather than because he was being paid to do it. He’s described as having worked for any number of other eminent figures. From time to time Holmes says “my God” and “breathes a prayer of gratitude” and so forth.

What does Holmes mean when he says ‘you will have to answer’?

Holmes tells a criminal “You will have to answer at a higher court than the Assizes” in The Boscombe Valley Mystery, which certainly could indicate belief in an afterlife and some sort of post-mortem judgement — but it could also just be intended to scare the criminal.

Where did Sherlock Holmes go to Chapel?

Holmes speaks of “going down to chapel” in The Adventure of the Gloria Scottbut I think that tells us nothing. He was at university at that point, probably Oxford or Cambridge. The Oxbridge colleges have chapels; they are universally called chapels rather than (e.g.) churches; and in Holmes’s time I believe attendance was compulsory.