Sadly? You mean you want people to have erotic sexual desires without even thinking about love? Love can be by itself, but erotic desires should never be without some sense of love (at least, going by the Normal man's definition of "erotic" being nudity, vaginal intercourse, etc).
And why would so many people masturbate on a regular basis? Masturbation doesn't work... I've tried it numerous times, and I barely feel anything at all, let alone the orgasm that people describe.
Oh, and I found another anti-hypnosis argument, this one's actually rather well thought out, if a bit misinformed:
http://www.talkjesus.com/scriptural-bible-answers/26589-hypnosis.htmlHypnosis is problematic for a Christian for several reasons:
1) The fruit of the Spirit is self-control (Galatians 5:22-23). As we follow the Spirit’s lead, He will give us the power to better control our own selves. Hypnosis involves the transfer of control away from ourselves to another person.
2) We are to yield ourselves—body, soul, and spirit—to God. Romans 6:12-13 gives us the formula for overcoming sin: “Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness.” It’s about control—as Christians, we can let sin control us, or we can let God control us. (See also Romans 6:16-23; 1 Corinthians 6:9-12; and James 4:6-7.) The scriptural formula leaves no room for hypnosis (yielding ourselves to a fellow human being).
3) Hypnosis leads to an altered state of consciousness in which the mind is very susceptible to outside suggestion. That susceptibility is what the hypnotist needs in order to modify the behavior of his subject. However, the word “susceptible” should concern us. Scripture says to be watchful and “… self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8). The hypnotist is not the only one who wants to modify our behavior; Satan also wants to do some modifying, and we should be wary of giving him any opportunity to make his suggestions.
4) Hypnotism is often promoted as a simple way of “refocusing” ourselves and finding the answer within us. As believers in Christ, our focus is to be on our Savior, not on ourselves or anything else (Hebrews 12:2). We know that the answers do not lie within us (Romans 7:18); the solution we need is found in Christ (Romans 8:2).
5) Many of the techniques used in hypnosis are shared by mystical, philosophical, and religious systems, including the occult. The “father of hypnotism,” Franz Anton Mesmer—from whose name we get the word “mesmerize”—was himself a practitioner of the occult. His method of inducing a trance was very similar to the way a medium conducts a séance. Hypnotism, along with yoga and transcendental meditation, has always been linked to spiritual darkness. The newfound respectability of these practices has not changed their underlying nature.
1) Galatians 5:22-23 - "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law"
Wasn't the argument that one of the fruits of the spirit was self control? I don't see that listed anywhere...
2) This one makes a little sense. But "yielding control to another human being" is an exaggeration under most cases - there's an "inner guard" in our subconcious that prevents us from going against our morals, although I've heard that a few of the hypnodommes have ways to bypass this guard once you get into them enough (hence, I would recommend not letting yourself be hypnotized by internet strangers unless you KNOW that they are trustworthy). Also, what about self hypnosis?
3) Satan's not going to be modifying anything. The hypnotist ensures that the person's focus is on whatever they want their focus to be on, there's no room for Satan to get in (besides that, under the same logic, Jesus could also get in to help us). If Satan tried to make any suggestions, we probably wouldn't notice them.
4) I might be mistaken, but I'm reasonably sure that somewhere in the Bible it says that upon accepting Christ, the Holy Spirit comes to live inside you. Thus, if you try to look inside yourself (and you're a Christian), you should see the Holy Spirit right in there.
5) For the last time, hypnosis is NOT linked to the occult. As several sources point out, people undergo some form of hypnosis every day (do you need me to provide examples?).
Needless to say though, this was the only well thought out anti-hypnosis argument so far though...
None.