ha ha a lot of the music I like is religious. Gospel or some bluegrass. Islamic Sufi music is awesome
Looks like God has all the best tunes, eh?

I very much disagree with the message of this song but there can be no doubt that it is beautiful.

I am no longer a believer, but like what I used to, regardless. I tend to focus on beats and tunes, rather than lyrics. So, perhaps religious songs were less so for me. Many hymns lift their tunes/melodies directly from known classical pieces anyway. So, which am I still liking? (;

Beautiful music is beautiful music. With great harmonies the lyrics fade away. Grew up going to church, and still like a lot of the songs. I do draw the line at things like "washed in the blood of the lamb".

I had taken 16 century italian religious music added afro cuban drums and morphed it into my own eclectic genre to my pleasure. Sometimes adding lyrics were religion may be involved but not in an enlighten shade.

Of course... music is music.

Religions music is beautiful in and of itself. The only time that the lyrics matter is in chanting. But you may regard those sounds as nonsense words much like in doo wap. Enjoy the sound of a great pipe organ piece and forget the words, for they are just words. Vocal works are a little more difficult. Treat them as nursery rhymes, nonsense made pleasing to the ear.

For me it depends entirely on just how religious it is. If it's preaching or trying to convert me, I find it too offputting to even appreciate. If it's mildly religious I can appreciate the art, but won't go out of my way to listen to it. If it's just got a reference to god but doesn't otherwise seem religious, I can get full enjoyment out of it.