But death is much more than a mere biological phenomenon. This does not mean, of course, that every time someone dies, such is the consequence of his or her personal sin. Even innocent babies die. In a manner of speaking, Adam stood as the representative of the human race. When the first man violated Heaven's law, humanity was cursed with the penalty of having to suffer the consequence of that initial transgression-though not the personal guilt.
Skeptics ridicule the biblical narrative regarding the commencement of death.
But no infidel can explain why death occurs. Actually, just the reverse is true. We have not improved these statistics with our 20th-century medical technology. Mortality points strikingly to God. Recent polls suggest that more than half of the American public believes in the possibility of these experiences.