Some might have taken that advice as liberating and honest, but that’s not how it felt to me. It felt constraining and misleading. I knew what he said was wrong, but I was a new Christian and I couldn’t quite put it into words.
ខ្ញុំត្រូវបានគេភ្ញាក់ផ្អើល. អ្នកខ្លះអាចបានយកដំបូន្មានជាការរំដោះនិងស្មោះត្រង់ថា, ប៉ុន្តែនោះមិនមែនជារបៀបដែលវាមានអារម្មណ៍ដល់ខ្ញុំ. វាមានអារម្មណ៍និងការយល់ច្រឡំកំហិត. ខ្ញុំដឹងថាអ្វីដែលគាត់បាននិយាយថាគឺខុស, but I was a new Christian and I couldn’t quite put it into words.