An Open Letter Directed to "Honest Truth Seekers"

An Open Letter Directed to "Honest Truth Seekers" Elder Bruce R. McConkie 1 July 1980 I receive a flood of letters asking questions about the doctrines, practices, and history of the Church. Several thousand questions are presented to me each year.... More

An Open Letter Directed to "Honest Truth Seekers" Elder Bruce R. McConkie 1 July 1980 I receive a flood of letters asking questions about the doctrines, practices, and history of the Church. Several thousand questions are presented to me each year. Recently I received a single letter containing 210 major questions plus numerous lesser ones. To answer the questions in this one letter alone would have taken several hundred pages. Frequently I have a stack of unanswered letters which is six or eight inches high. There are times when weeks go by without an opportunity even to read the letters, let alone attempt to answer them. Thoughtful persons will realize that if I devoted all my waking hours to the research and work involved in answering the questions which come to me, I still would not be able to answer all of them. But—and this is far more important—if I were able to perform this service it still would not be the right thing to do, nor would it be in the be Less