Note: This is not an indictment of ALL religious artists. I am simply pointing out a problem that I see in much of the Christian music community. Being a Christian myself, I am not making an attempt to disparage the religion.As a person who is more religious than most, I am a little bit frustrated with the Christian music scene these days. I have several reasons for this. In this post, I'd like to talk about the first of these reasons.It seems to me that one of the greatest failings of Christian music is in the area of song lyrics. Simply put, they are often a) Made up of repetitive phrases that sound like some sort of bizarre religious brainwashing, b) Guilty of recycling all of the images, icons, and lingo of the Christian faith and using them in a bland, unoriginal way, or c) Written almost as if the singer wants to have sex with Jesus (or a combination of a, b, and/or c).It is my belief that if the artists involved in Christian music were really intent on "bringing glory to God," they would be making music that would be well-crafted and worthy of the being they believe to be The Creator. Why don't we see this happening? Well, first of all, I think that many songwriters allow themselves to be limited by the accepted tropes of the genre, and simply don't innovate. Unfortunately, I believe a second reason is that God doesn't buy CDs, so why should anyone bother making something absolutely beautiful for Him?Do I think that all Christian musicians are sloppy writers or uninterested in pleasing God? No, it's almost certain that a lot of my problems with religious music stem from the fact that the writers and I have very different ideals as to what is beautiful, but this can't all be coincidence.If anyone else actually reads this, I'd love to hear your ideas on this subject.