According to Osho, people oppose certain teachings not from reason but from fear born of misunderstanding. Conditioned by conventions, traditions, and ready-made beliefs, their prejudiced minds mishear anything that challenges the past. Because authentic religion is individual rebellion—not a transmissible tradition—new revelations threaten inherited identities and security. Thus the masses resist what demands personal discovery, risking the admission that they and their forebears may have been wrong.
People resist new teachings because they’re scared of what they don’t understand and of losing the comfort of old habits.