Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

In their roots, some hymns are excellent lessons in harmonics. I can't speak for the generic Christian rock cliche-laden crap, but Christian "classical" music owes its roots to fantastic composers: Handel, Bach, Berezovsky, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, etc.

The problem with Christian music is that it becomes an exercise in worship and doesn't exist for the sole purpose of being music. In that sense, it loses its identity and assumes whatever the church wants to say.