I haven’t read the entire talk yet, but in the excerpt President Uchtdorf specifically talks about asking GOD for our answers. (He speaks of receiving truth by revelation thru the Holy Ghost-Joseph Smith taking his questions to the Lord etc.)

God is the ultimate source of truth, and He grants us knowledge as quickly as we are able to accept and act upon what we are given. To me-”doubters” take their questions to other people, to books outside of scripture and beyond authorized Priesthood power-often looking for those who have the same “doubts” they do-which isn’t an act of faith. It’s an act of distrust seeking validation to continue feeling how they want to.

Asking questions with a “sincere heart” means being willing to accept whatever God reveals to us, even if He reveals that we have been wrong up to that point. It means being willing to change one’s mind and heart and come “into line” if we were “out of line” before. God knows our hearts and if we’ve already made up our minds about something, we’ve cut Him out of the process with our agency.

Anyone who is sincerely seeking truth and knowledge should go to the purest source, the highest authority. And as julianna pointed out in #21-we need to have both faith and personal righteousness in our lives first. If we have both-and we still don’t get an answer-then for reasons known only to God-it wasn’t in our best interest to get the answer yet.

Often, it takes more courage to listen and accept the answers.

We as question-askers should always remember that.

Matt W., I have recieved answers that were quite clear, but also seem very out of line. I think at that point we need to apply Elder Scott’s counsel from conference and ask “Is there more?”. We need to keep asking this until we can see how our out of line answers come into line. It takes a long, long time, but it is so worth it.

http://www.faithpromotingrumor.com/2009/11/preparing-minds/

Imprinted on my brain forever: “[W]e are a question-asking people.”

Thank goodness, because I am still asking: Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going?

Thank goodness, because I must admit I love the questions more than the answers, sometimes.

Our religion may be distinct from others more by the nature of our questions than by the nature of our answers — at least, that is my impression.

Now, I need to go to bed — if only I could shut off my brain, … as I lie awake pondering MORE questions.

…. but, first, THANKS!!!!!!!!!

I am late to the party, but if anyone is interested, I wrote in April about “faith”, “doubt” and “uncertainty” and how they generally are used by leaders in the Church. I think the biggest issue is that many members (and non-members) read “uncertainty” when Church leaders say “doubt” – but Church leaders dont mean “uncertainty” when they say “doubt”. Anyway, if anyone is interested, the link is:

Faith, Doubt and Enduring Uncertainty