Mousethief, would you be willing to turn your eloquence to a question I asked some time back and didn't get much answer to?

I'm glad to say I'm not one who insists on scientific, repeatable proof. Spiritual experience can't (yet) be defined in that way, and yet it exists. Goodness in human beings is palpable but not measurable. My question: Why do these experiences and contact with holy people lead anyone to believe in the specific details of any religion? How do you get from there to "Jesus died for your sins and was resurrected three days later"? or "I had this amazing spiritual experience and it must have been Muhammad/Jesus/Buddha who gave it to me"?