Hymns vs Contemporary Christian Music

Ok. Let me start out by refuting.Let me open by saying that hymns are much more ancient than contemporary christian music. That is like me saying "Let me open by saying contemporary music is newer tham hymns". It is not a bad thing to say, but it does not support any of your claims. Now, I could say that since these songs are older, they are more traditional, and traditon is good, right? Yes, tradition is good, but how are low-key traditional songs supposed to capture the attention of people today that listen to music a lot like contemporary Christian music? That is just it, the traditonal stuff does not always capture the attention of the latest generation unless you have been raised in Church almost all of your life.They are very deep in meaning, and have a lot of theolgy. So does contemporary music. I will show this later.For instance, the hymn Crown Him With Many Crowns has: Crown him the Lord of life, who triumphed o'er the grave, and rose victorious in the strife for those he came to save.Yes, that Hymn is full of what scripture implies, and that song does have scripture in it. As I wil show later, contemporary music does this, too.This hymn and others are packed with scripture, and they have very well written symbolism that all points to Christ. They do not have to be packed with scripture to worship the Lord. They can restate scripture or summarize it. Contemporary music also uses very-well-written symbolism, as I will also show later.Ok, now for the arguments:The Hymn To God Be the Glory is about giving God glory and it tells of things he has done. Pleas note that i am using this as an example to support later arguments; this is in fact a Hymn: Verse 1To God be the glory, great things He hath done;So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,And opened the life gate that all may go in. RefrainPraise the Lord, praise the Lord,Let the earth hear His voice!Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,Let the people rejoice!O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,And give Him the glory, great things He hath done. Verse 2O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,To every believer the promise of God;The vilest offender who truly believes,That moment from Jesus a pardon receives. (Refrain) Verse 3Great things He hath taught us, great things He hath done,And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;But purer, and higher, and greater will beOur wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see. (Refrain) http://en.wikipedia.org...That Hymn has a deep meaning and is very theological, but so does the next song, a Contemporary Christian song.Alive is a song by one of my favorite bands, Hillsong (next to the Highpoint Church Worship Band, look them up on iTunes if you so desire). It is about a person's salvation, what God did for that person, and what God is to that person. This song uses symbolism, as Hymns do:Hillsong Young & Free - Alive I was lost with a broken heartYou picked me up, now I'm set apartFrom the ash I am born againForever safe in the Saviour's handsYou are more than my words could sayI'll follow you Lord for all my daysI'll fix my eyes, follow in your waysForever free in your unending grace'Cause You are, You are, You are my freedomWe lift you higher, lift you higherYour love, Your love, Your love never endingOh oh ohYou are alive in usNothing can take your placeYou are all we needYour love has set us free(Whoa)In the midst of the darkest nightLet Your love be the shining lightBreaking chains that were holding meYou sent Your Son down and set me freeEverything of this world will fadeI'm pressing on till I see your faceI will live that Your will be doneI won't stop till Your Kingdom come'Cause You are, You are, You are my freedomWe lift you higher, lift you higherYour love, Your love, Your love never endingOh oh ohYou are alive in usNothing can take your placeYou are all we needYour love has set us free(Whoa)You are, You are, You are my freedomWe lift you higherYou are, You are, You are my freedomWe lift you higher, lift you higherYour love, Your love, Your love never endingOh oh ohYou are alive in usNothing can take your placeYou are all we needYour love has set us free(Whoa)You are alive in usNothing can take you placeYou are all we needYour love has set us freehttp://www.songlyrics.com...As you can see, this song shows much about God's character and his nature. Thus, it is theological. Also note the use "From the ash I am born again" in the song. This is an example of symbolism; there are other examples of symbolosm in this song, too.OK, you may say "That song does not have scripture, see?" Well, while that is correct, there are other songs that directly quote scripture for the majority of the song. Following this statement is a Contemporary Chior song:Lyrics to Psalm 27Verse:Lift up your heads O ye gates,be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors.Lift up your heads O ye gates,be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors.And the King of glory shall come in.And the King of glory shall come in.Chorus 1:Who is the King of glory, the Lord strong and mighty.Who is the King of glory, the Lord, mighty in battle.Who is the King of glory, the Lord strong and mighty.Who is the King of glory, the Lord, mighty in battle.Verse 2:Tenors: Lift up your heads O ye gates...Altos: lift up your heads O ye gates...Sopranos: lift up your heads O ye gates...Tenors: be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors...Altos: be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors...Sopranos: be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors.And the King of glory shall come in.And the King of glory shall come in.Chorus 2:Who is the King of glory, the Lord strong and mighty.Who is the King of glory, the Lord, mighty in battle.Who is the King of glory, the Lord strong and mighty.Who is the King of glory, the Lord, mighty.Vamp:He is the Lord,He is the Lord,He is the Lord,He is the Lord mighty in battlehttp://www.lyricsmania.com...If you go back and read Psalm 27, you will see that nearly all of the lyrics in this song are straight from that passage. Actual words of the Psalm will vary due to different versions of the Bible.This has been Round 1. I apologize for not providing music videos for these songs, Youtube is blocked here at my school, but there are videos for all of these songs (if you want to hear them). I will withold any more arguments until otherwise needed. Back to you, Pro... :D