PRINCESS DIANA – THE MOVIE

            I heard there is a movie in the making, if not already released, about Princess Diana.  I can understand why Hollywood and the world would glorify her and want to perpetuate her memory.

What I don’t understand is why anyone who claims to be a Christian would do the same or be interested in seeing such a movie or in any way lending credence or credibility to her fame.  In years past, her actions would have won her a place in the slut category.  She was a horrible example of a mother, a wife, a woman and a public figure.  She should not be glorified or held up as an example for anyone and Christians, of all people, should not perpetuate, encourage or promote her glorification in the world.  “But don’t we all have our sins, failings and shortcomings?” someone will ask.  Of course we do.  But there is a big difference between someone who falls and turns with repentance and remorse and is ashamed for their sins, determined to forsake them, and someone who exhibits no shame and no remorse but persists and seems to revel in and enjoy a life of immorality, unfaithfulness and flaunting of their sins, which they don’t even recognize as sins.  "But isn't God a forgiving God?"  Yes, He is but people reject His forgiveness when they reject His commandments and persist without repentance.

St. Paul, in his epistle to the Romans, speaks of those who find pleasure in the sins of others by which they themselves become guilty.  If Christians took this seriously how many TV shows and movies would be turned off in favor of some spiritually profitable reading or prayers?  Probably most.