I think in part it depends on the framework. But also the content of the experience. I have heard tell (never met any myself) of Muslims who had a mystical experience of Jesus and became Christians (yes, I know Jesus is a prophet in Islam; I'm just relating the story). In other cases such experience merely reaffirms the religious position the person has already made. Which leads to the question how did they decide on that religion in the first place? Some will have been through historical evidence or informal reasoning; others because that's what they grew up in, or that's what was in the society they grew up in. Most often a mixture of the three. Depends on the person.

Mousethief, I wasn't asking for anecdotes or generalizations. I was asking for your rationale. I have no problem with the type of evidence you've been talking about. My problem is with the next step in the chain of logic. There still has to be a way that you convince yourself of the existence of a super-being based on the evidence you have. I don't see the observed phenomena adding up to the conclusion you've drawn. So far, my conclusion is that you're making things up, or rather accepting as truth things that other people have made up. Is there a reason I should think anything else?