People being skeptic

Why do you think most of the people in the world are so skeptical about magic? I think they fear what they cannot understand. What are you thoughts on this subject?

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Skeptism is a natural counterbalance to faith so we don't just believe anything we hear or read. Its difficult to understand most subjects themselves without experiance, let alone accept them. It's easy to call others skeptical as it is for them to say we're guilible, the difference is experiance, and as we are blessed with more than most people will in their lifetime, we shouldn't judge their skepticism as we wouldn't ourselves like to be judged.

Dang! Good answer, Sol12.

I was chanelling my buddhist sutras. Lol

I am naturally skeptical about everything I encounter, including magick. Some skepticism is healthy. I like to Think about my belief choices, not being a big fan of blind faith. I experience magick as pretty scientific anyway, - practicing magick is a valid experience, not a faith. I don't think that a scientific approach is necessarliy a bad thing. The two aren't mutually exclusive. In fact, study could lead to broader acceptance of magick in the long term. We shouldn't fear analytical minds, they help us to question ourselves, and to find out if we really do believe and understand the things that we say we do. I am quite happy to discuss magick with a scientist :)

I believe approaching the supernatural in a rational manner as well, it's more effective and you don't end up believing every little thing.

Well if i told you that i could manipulate all the elements, and cause almost anything to happen, wouldn't you be a little skeptic? I know i would be.

Naturally. The point is to be balanced.

I get the point you all are making.

Well i am usually skeptic about allot of thing. It can help us about bad situations if your skeptic of let's say a shady person on the street.

People being skeptic of magick is because it's so commercialized and usually we are told it isn't real from a young age.