# Why is \[children's\] Christian media so cheesy most of the time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [January 28, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-childrens-christian-media-so-cheesy-most-of-the-time/931720 "2021-01-28T22:06:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 92
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-childrens-christian-media-so-cheesy-most-of-the-time/931720/92 "2021-02-01T15:26:32Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I mean, Christian rock could make some pretty interesting songs, if they were willing to reflect the struggles that drive true redemption, but they always take the lighter, sunnier “Everything’s awesome, because I love Jesus” tack. Always? You just haven’t been listening to the right Christian rock. > [@Is there deep Christian rock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-deep-christian-rock/603011): > > My wife has been listening to a christian rock radio station recently. I can’t stomach it for more than 10 seconds, but I’m hoping there’s some fans here who can chime in. I asked her if there was any christian music that was deep and challenged the listener? Very quickly she said there was, and then she said that the music in her church was also pretty deep. Having sat through this music, I objected, clarifying, “No, I mean stuff like, ‘God, why did you give my mother cancer?’” To which sh… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-childrens-christian-media-so-cheesy-most-of-the-time/931720)._