In Reply to: thought posted by mooball on Friday, 1. September 2006 at 11:52 Bali Time:
most Indonesians will understand whatever "think" word you use. Menganggap is to believe and berpendapat also to believe (and other thesaurus definitions).
As this sort of communication will probably only come about in legal situations, or if you are writing formally to someone very high up, I wouldn't worry about it too much.
And as Soeharto's Indonesian didn't come anywhere close to this in quality, I'm not concerned if mine doesn't, because I'm more lovable than he ever was! :)