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I'll ask her, but it was pretty straight-forward. She gave me a direct explanation that they gave her. Because complimenting someone suggests that you are envious of that thing that you complimented them about.
That's sad. I think that what comes up in our minds, and stays in our minds, belongs to us. It's how we chose to act, based on those ideas, which makes us saints or sinners.
It's obvious that the church wishes to nip all bad thoughts in the bud. Thought-police, so to speak. I never really thought of it that way, until now.
If that is the way they wish to operate, then we should become aware of their cultural peculiarities, because it would explain why there is so much miscommunication between Americans.
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