I have sojourned with Lavan. Horav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi, Shlita, notes that the catalyst for spiritual concern is not always complacency, degeneracy or free-thinking.
Some individuals take the original pristine Torah and purposely amend it.
The danger does not emanate from a lack of yiraas Shomayim, fear of Heaven, or from a disdain for the Torah and mitzvos. The problem occurs when we attempt to replace the Torah, to take the place of the Nosein HaTorah, Giver of the Torah. Remain frum, continue with your observance, just refocus yourself, de-emphasize certain mitzvos, while accenting others. This was Lavan's credo. Yaakov Avinu realized the crucial importance of retaining the Torah in its pristine character, with its 613 mitzvos - no more, no less.