Take any portion of the Power of Myth, any excerpt, and refute or agree with it. Present a detailed argument using the New Testament as a guide, use chapter and verse to articulate your argument. Leave no doubt as to your position.
             It is said that, if a conversation is to remain civil, neither politics, nor religion should be discussed. True, these topics will inspire everything from widespread wars, to heated debates, to whispered criticisms in the back of an auditorium; one such comment was made at a lecture by theologian Joseph Campbell. As Campbell voiced his opinion on the "Christ Within", a Christian priest turned to his neighbor and whispered "That's blasphemy." After the seminar, word of this hushed conversation reached Campbell; for this reason he addressed the topic in his novel, The Power of Myth. One will discover upon reading this novel, that Campbell's theory on the "Christ Within" is not as out-of-line with Christian principals as the priestly gossip claimed. Perhaps if the clergyman had more information, improved comprehension, or possibly had spent less time talking to his neighbor he would have realized that Campbell's ideas of identifying yourself with your god, denying yourself of worldly desires, and striving to become truly godly, were once preached by Christ and his disciples.
             Campbell defines the "Christ within" as living in what he calls "the sense of mankind." Those of the Christian belief claim that the "Christ within" is the Holy Ghost, or spirit of God residing in the hearts of the saved "However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him." -Romans 8: 9 Despite this seemingly drastic difference in fundamentals, Campbell and Christ teach several things regarding this
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