It wasn't until the priest came that they knew what Toby actually was.
Some of the Fleeges were trying to simply be rational and logical, Ryan went instantly 'IT'S A GHOST' mode probably because he was a geek and was into that kind of stuff, Emily wasn't really paying attention and didn't bother to watch the footage of Toby in Leila's bedroom because she probably assumed it was fake, I mean she assumed Mike and Ryan were playing a trick on her, Mike thought it was just wind because that's what it looked like, he didn't really buy into the 'GHOST' stuff until he saw it in the pool, Skyler kept an open mind about the subject and clearly thought it was a ghost, but even after she tried to be rational about the situation, Ryan kept calling Toby a 'ghost' because that's what they thought it was at first, just because it's supernatural doesn't instantly make it dangerous, but once the priest told them everything about the demon, they became more scared of him knowing what he could do, what he was and the influence he had on Leila.
You have to remember that not everything that we saw was seen by the entire family, Emily never saw what Ryan saw on the camera when Toby first made an appearance, most of the time when the 'spirit camera' wasn't being used they heard noises and probably felt Toby's presence in the house, and Leila was 8 years old so talking to imaginary beings wouldn't be unheard of in children her age, it wasn't until she found Leila playing with the matches and throwing her bible in the fireplace and witnessing the angel falling off the tree that she began to notice something was not right here.
There wasn't a lot they could do to stop Toby from striking, I mean whether you see him or you don't he was still a threat, nothing could really stop him, at least not until the priest came back, but even then it went completely south.
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