What is another word for divine intervention?

Pronunciation: [dɪvˈa͡ɪn ˌɪntəvˈɛnʃən] (IPA)

Divine intervention is a phrase used to describe a supernatural intervention in the course of human events. There are various synonyms for this phrase, including miraculous intervention, celestial intervention, or intervention by a supreme being. The concept of God or gods intervening to change human destiny has been a part of religious beliefs for centuries. Other phrases that are similar in meaning include divine providence, divine guidance, or divine interventionism. All of these phrases suggest that a higher power has intervened to change the course of human history or to bring about a miraculous outcome. Regardless of the terminology, the concept of divine intervention speaks to our desire for something greater than ourselves to make sense of the world around us.

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Famous quotes with Divine intervention

  • Let us contemplate two epochal events in the long human story. One is the annunciation of the unity of God at Mt. Sinai. That same God was said to have made man, alone among living beings, in His image. Implicit in the unity of God was the corresponding unity of the human race. But it was only after more than three thousand years, that the Declaration of this unity was made in Philadelphia. One need not believe in direct divine intervention to think that it has been the peculiar mission of the American people to testify to the unity on earth of God, and of man. Such testimony could take no more evident form than in the denunciation of chattel slavery in the founding itself. That denunciation is prominent beyond doubt or denial, in the documents of the founding. Men of reason can agree with men of faith, that neither God nor man could have devised a more dramatic event than our founding to demonstrate to the world the meaning inherent in this unity.
    Harry V. Jaffa
  • And coincidence convinces the credulous. Two things happen at the same time, or one after another, and we assume there must be a link; well, we sacrificed a virgin last year, and there a good harvest. Of course the ceremony to raise the sun works—it comes up every morning, doesn’t it? I say my prayers each night and the world hasn’t ended yet... Dung beetle thinking. Life is too complicated for there not to be continual coincidences, and we just have to come to terms with the fact that they merely happen and aren’t ordained, that some things occur for no real reason whatsoever, and that this is not a punishment and that is not a reward. Good grief; the most copper-bottomed, platinum-card proof of divine intervention, of some holy masterplan, would be if there were no coincidences at all! That really look suspicious.
    Iain Banks
  • To cover up actual lack of knowledge, the tale develops an explanation which amounts to divine intervention. It is an easy and, to the primitive mind, a plausible and satisfactory way to explain something of which nothing at all is known.
    Clifford D. Simak

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