Jonathan Neville is tediously repetitive

Perhaps the biggest downside to maintaining this blog is that Jonathan Neville is so tedious. As I’ve pointed out numerous times, he asserts the same false claims over, and over, and over, and over again, often repackaged in the same words and phrases.

In that way, he’s like the Cafe Rio of Mormonism: same six ingredients, just prepared in different forms.

(Except I like Cafe Rio.)

So, while I could take time out of my day to respond to his latest blog post, I won’t, because I’ve already responded to earlier versions of the same thing.

In his February 4, 2021, post Neville (once again) (falsely) asserts:

• All hypotheses are equally valid. [I’ve debunked this claim.]
• The Church’s position of “neutrality” on Book of Mormon geography means one shouldn’t argue for a specific theory (even though he himself does this). [I’ve debunked this claim.]
• Book of Mormon Central shouldn’t “limit possible interpretations” of Book of Mormon geography (even though he and other Heartlanders have built an entire industry doing exactly that). [I’ve responded to this claim.]
• Those who disagree with the Heartland theory believe “the prophets were wrong” and their arguments “repudiate the teaching of the prophets.” [Hello? Is this thing on?]

So, please forgive me if reading this blog sometimes feels like running on a hamster wheel. It’s the nature of the source material, I’m afraid.

—Peter Pan