"...even now in Gospel Music, Diminished chords are frowned upon ..."
That's patently false. Fully diminished seventh chords are probably in every song. If not in the written chords, then definitely in the substitutions.
Even in pop the examples go back at least 50 years. Crazy, written by Willie Nelson and performed by Patsy Cline uses it in 2 different ways.
Do you even play music?
"...even now in Gospel Music, Diminished chords are frowned upon ..." That's patently false. Fully diminished seventh chords are probably in every song. If not in the written chords, then definitely in the substitutions. Even in pop the examples go back at least 50 years. Crazy, written by Willie Nelson and performed by Patsy Cline uses it in 2 different ways. Do you even play music?