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There's a song by Mercy Me called "Almost home", and when I watch and listen to it, by the end of the video I'm in tears. I don't know why. Is it Normal ?
Christian music is designed to elicit an emotional response so yes it's normal.
Jesus music is terrible. It all sounds the same.
But yes, there’s definitely songs that bring me to tears.
Normal to me. I cried the first time I heard "All That You Are" by the Goo Goo Dolls.
Normal in my opinion. There are some songs that have had me shed a tear in the past, for example, 'Driftwood' by Travis.
I'm not going to pollute my brain by listening to that track, but I have just read the lyrics.
I don't know what manipulative music tricks Mercy Me used in the score, but the lyrics as just typical pie-in-the-sky Jayzus twaddle.
There's a very good reason why slave-owners in pre-Civil War America promoted Christianity amongst slaves, and it didn't have a damn thing to do them getting into heaven when they died. The common view was that black people had been cursed with the mark of Cain and they were subhuman, so they weren't even eligible for an interview at the Pearly Gates. What it was actually about was encouraging the slaves to believe that if they obeyed their masters' rules, accepted their God-ordained role in life and didn't rebel and slaughter the fucking assholes who whipped, raped and generally abused them, they'd get a reward when they died.
Christianity started as a religion of the oppressed and enslaved, and the only reason it was allowed to exist was because those in power found it useful to them. If people believe they'll be happy for all eternity if they stick to some simple rules in this life, they can be manipulated into accepting all sorts of shit and doing all sorts of things that are contrary to their own best interests. All that still applies, although these days the people with the (now metaphorical) whips in their hands also claim to be Christians.