In an age when religious discourse is dominated by extremists in the world of fundamentalism, Solomon Schimmel has the courage to raise important questions regarding the future of Western Religion. As a Jew who studied in an Israeli yeshiva and graduated from an Ivy League University, I understand the need for religious Jews to come to terms with issues of faith and issues of the historical understanding of Judaism's holy texts. As a lecturer in South Florida on Jewish topics and the origins of Western Religion, I must balance my love for my Jewish tradition with my right to inquire and ask questions as a thinking human being. Schimmel offers us hope that religion need not be the foe of truth. I think and I believe, therefore I am.