tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post3188997987434000910..comments2024-01-15T05:32:24.873-05:00Comments on The Jon Rowe Archives: Jonathan Rowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-33105471689618202182011-10-04T13:55:28.072-04:002011-10-04T13:55:28.072-04:00I think you got it for the most part. Except else...I think you got it for the most part. Except elsewhere, other quotations of GW indicate he pretty clearly believed Providence intervened.<br /><br />"Divine intervention"? GW seemed to have a pretty philosophical view of God or Providence. I see him as believing in a God who would rather intervene by manipulating probabilities or contingencies than anything more overtly "miraculous."Jonathan Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-25336965710316915192011-10-04T11:47:17.966-04:002011-10-04T11:47:17.966-04:00I always thought his views on Providence were nuan...I always thought his views on Providence were nuanced, but not necessarily inconsistent. It seems that he believed that a personal path was laid before him. More like a detailed Fate that he personified rather than divine intervention.<br /><br />I haven't read everything he said about religion, so correct me if I'm off base.Aaron Reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12224055781100615563noreply@blogger.com