Suchet, 71, – best known for his role as Hercule Poirot – said he began having doubts after conversations with people of different faiths for a ten-part Audible podcast called Question of Faith.
Speaking to The Times about why he is having doubts about his commitment to the Church of England, he said: “I’m not a great fan of organised religion. But that’s really as a result of making these fantastic programmes.”
Asked how his faith has changed, he added: “More spirituality – Christian spirituality because that’s where I was moved towards, but very much away now from doctrine and dogma, which I find very polemical.”
Suchet came to Christ after reading Romans 8 in a hotel. In an interview with Strand magazine he said: ‘I’m a Christian by faith. I like to think it sees me through a great deal of my life.
“I very much believe in the principles of Christianity and the principles of most religions, actually-that one has to abandon oneself to a higher good.”
He told The Times about his experience hearing from Kamal Khatib – a Muslim preacher based in Israel – for the documentary.
“I met Kamal Khatib, this hate preacher, really anti-West. I could see this man, this preacher, rousing his congregation who all would shout ‘Allahu akbar’. They would all become incensed. It was like Henry V, ‘Once more unto the breach, dear friends’.”
However, he said he found himself looking…
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