Oh Friedrich, you always seem to say what I’m thinking before I can articulate it.
"It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!"
I am one of those people who needs to resolve philosophical and theological problems before I can move on from them. What I mean is that when someone says, “what do you think about so and so”, if the question is of some consequence, or even extended debate, I cannot let it go until I have solid ground on which to place an informed opinion.
For example, some of the major topics of the last several years were the place of spiritual gifts in the church—I mean their operation as it stands today. Or the election of certain people to salvation and the passing over of others. Alcohol and social and medical drugs was another.
Some times these topics pervade my spiritual and personal life in such a way that my conclusions follow me everywhere I go. The ground on which my opinion was formed my opinion is forever under me. Other times, more frequently in fact, the topic is important but not forever around me. These times, although I will work hard to form my opinions with integrity, in time my opinion will remain clear, but how I landed there becomes foggy.
I am an opinionated person. In social situations, I’m one of those obnoxious people who, if asked (and sometimes unasked), usually has something to say. But I discover often times that I can’t say exactly how I got to my opinion.
I’m with Friedrich on this one. I have my opinions. Isn’t that enough? No, I guess it’s not. Oh well.

