{"id":17880,"date":"2011-11-28T10:25:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T15:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=17880"},"modified":"2011-11-28T10:25:34","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T15:25:34","slug":"progressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2011\/11\/progressions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strait [sic] and Narrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Say we agree that Mormonism is about progress and progression. A couple of questions might follow.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1. Why assume that progress is singular rather than plural? Why progression rather than progressions?<\/p>\n<p>2. Why assume that progressions are linear? Is the way straight or just strait?<\/p>\n<p>3. Why assume that progressions are additive rather than subtractive?<\/p>\n<p>4. Why assume that different vectors of mutually desirable progression are compatible? What if progressions are inherently messy (cf., the Fall)?<\/p>\n<p>5. Is a static model of perfection (never deviating, never failing, never erring) compatible with progressions?<\/p>\n<p>6. Are any kinds of progression possible without a shadow of loss, responsibility (possibly culpability), and consumption?<\/p>\n<p>7. What would it mean to think about &#8220;sin&#8221; in relation to progressions (plural) rather than perfection (singular)?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Say we agree that Mormonism is about progress and progression. A couple of questions might follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corn"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17880"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17887,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17880\/revisions\/17887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}