It seems to me that religion is a vital necessity for some people, and of little importance to others. It seems to me that Buddha, who thought of himself as not a deity, nor a son of a deity, nor a prophet, but simply a teacher who had found a way of dealing with the injustices and problems of existence, is far more useful from a logical standpoint than the tenets of Christianity, Judaism or Islam, which take the view that they are the only or the best way to deal with life's problems.
One can arrive at the Buddha's teachings through logic, rather than blind faith.
