I understand some of your reluctance to accept LoA. It requires a bit of "faith" to really work, doesn't it? I was raised as a Christian, but departed from that path in adulthood, as it was very disempowering for me. After my experiences, I see religion as giving one's personal power to a seperate entity (regardless of whether such entities are real). LoA, though it requires belief, has the opposite effect for me. I find it very empowering, because it calls for belief in myself - not some outside source. It helps to to think about what I truly want in life, instead of going through the motions with no direction, and to put my energy forth into the world to call those things into being.
As an athiest, perhaps it would resonate with you to see it as an extension of what you (may) already believe - that you are your own higher power. Just as you have to apply your physical energy to accomplish anything you set out to do, so you can apply your emotional energy and level of thought to focus on what it is that you desire.
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LoA seems to attract victims looking for a solution.
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LoA is to me the opposite of a victim mentality. Instead of sitting helpless and waiting for an outside solution to a conflict or need, I see it as accepting responsibility for one's own life, just as it is. It encourages us to find joy in ourselves, and seek out those things, places, and people that bring us joy. It's about sending that Love and Joy into the world around us, reaping it in, and sending it back out again.
That's the way I see it, anyway.
