I guess because of childhood conditioning ingrained by the environment we grew up in and society in general. Most people are unwilling to step outside their comfort zone and open their minds to new possibilities because of fear, even when that fear holds them in a constricted way of being.

There is often comfort in that which is familiar even when it's not productive.It's much easier to be skeptical because you don't have to step over the threshold and possibly encounter something new. The ego thrives on skepticism because it knows that when we begin to move beyond that and open our minds, the old egoic way of thinking is being dismantled and it will claw at anything for survival.

As to why or how all this skepticism or egoic way of thinking came about, we could speculate forever. Different religions all have their own take on it and personally I don't think it really matters. What does matter is becoming aware of our own egoic way of thinking and dismantling those old habitual thought patterns within ourselves so we can live our life to the fullest and can thus reflect back to others their own potential.

I think people ( some people ) get so caught up in religious dogma that they can see nothing outside their church/group view.

LOA doesnt FIT IN to their groups venacular so they wont entertain it.

Some people seem very spiritually lazy and prefer to accept and submit to an organisation or group doctrine.LOA isnt a traditional religion and isnt as dogmatic as some belief systems. Im so glad its not.There is a great lack of a quest in society today...the bible does say to KEEP asking and knocking.Some seem happy with the group view and look no further. Perhaps there afraid to because of a judgemental God.

Are some afraid to seek because they fear the reprisal of an angry God?

Graham