What is the Unpardonable Sin?

4 What is the Unpardonable Sin? that were now skittering from hole to hole. Along the way, every so often, he would think: I’ll just keep an eye on the surf and, when I see it start to change, I’ll head back to the safe section of the beach. But once he had gone beyond that sign, he had already gone too far. He did not realize in that part of Scotland, during certain seasons and moon phases, the tidal cycle is often powerful and swift. So he kept walking, meandering along the wet sand. Not long after, he saw the tide had changed and the waves were beginning to come in, so he turned around. But the tide was surging very fast, charg- ing in like a galloping horse. He’d never seen a tide roll in so quickly! No sooner had he turned to make a hasty retreat, than the waves were upon him like miniature tsunamis. He began to run, but the rising waves slapped against his legs, repeatedly knocking him over. Soon the waves were dragging him right up against the rocky cliffs! People sightseeing above the cliffs saw him strug- gling and watched helplessly as the man was pum- meled time and time again against the unforgiving sheer rock. His lifeless body was found the next day. What happened? He had gone beyond the warn- ing sign. Yes—he was alive and well for a while after he passed the warning sign, but there actually was no hope because he had reached the point of no return. There is, in certain situations, a very clear point of no return. The military even has a term for it: “PNR.”