Summary of Barbara Ehrenreich's Living with a Wild God

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#1 I was raised an atheist, but eventually became curious about the purpose of life. I read everything I could get my hands on, from popularized science to the Romantic poets, but never considered religion.

#2 I was raised an atheist, but eventually became curious about the purpose of life. I read everything I could get my hands on, from popularized science to the Romantic poets, but never considered religion.

#3 I was raised an atheist, but eventually became curious about the purpose of life. I read everything I could get my hands on, from popularized science to the Romantic poets, but never considered religion.

#4 I was raised an atheist, but eventually became curious about the purpose of life. I read everything I could get my hands on, from popularized science to the Romantic poets, but never considered religion.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Sep 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350030877

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Insights on Barbara Ehrenreich's Living with a Wild God

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I set my goal for life, which was to find out why we are here. I read everything I could get my hands on, from popularized science to the Romantic poets, and looked for patterns everywhere. I never thought to look at religion.

#2

I was raised in a atheist family, and I never had any doubts about my belief. It was not easy being an atheist in the great Cold War, but I never gave up because I knew there had to be a reason for everything.

#3

My family moved a lot, and I went to eleven different schools by the time I graduated from high school. Butte, Montana, was our mythical touchstone and standard of authenticity. We didn’t take crap from anyone, and we never will.

#4

Butte, Montana, was the home of the Big Sky, and it was here that men went to escape from the sky. They dug mines that ran a mile deep into the earth, and then built the smelters to blur the sky with toxic smoke.

#5

I grew up in a world engaged in a war against children. We were the intruders, and we could do nothing right. We were subject to constant rebuke at home and in school.

#6

I had many childhood memories of my mother being angry and cursing, and my father being absent. I wanted to understand and predict their behavior.

#7

I hated school, and would often vomit in the morning before going to it. I was a child, and my parents were driving me crazy with their ambition and drive. I respected them, even as I rebelled against them.

#8

I was always driven