If your experience is what convinced you, then you didn't need the teachings of the book. And if the teachings of the book was part of your many experiences, was there a need to bring up the book specifically without actually discussing the principles and merits? You're only digging a bigger hole for yourself. This whole time, besides the initial "death is fake", you didn't bother to bring up other core tenets. All you have done was "just read the book, it'll tell you". If you can't discuss the principles without wholly perusing the book, you either don't understand the book entirely or the principles in the book are weak. The true principles do not need to be represented in the guise of a scripture. It stands on its own.