Atheists: have you ever had a religious experience and what did you make of it?

[Strider]

I had an experience, but I was in a situation tailor-made to elicit an emotional response. During my teenage years when I sometimes felt like something was wrong with me because I couldn't believe like the people around me, I went to a Christian concert with the youth group of the church I attended. At the end of the concert, I felt something like jubilation and excitement during the last segment. Afterwards, I felt strangely hollow, similar to how I always felt regarding religion and the presence of a supposed god, and quite confused about my out-of-character behavior. In reality, I had been subject to an experience designed to provoke a response. Everything had been orchestrated to create an emotionally charged environment: the lighting, the choice of music during that last segment, the words spoken, and everything else. Of course, a large crowd contributed to this feeling; the mob mentality definitely played an important role.

tl;dr:

I had an experience, but it was bullshit.