John Pokinghorne said "I can perceive another person as an aggregation of atoms, an open biochemical system in interaction with the environment, a specimen of homo sapiens, an object of beauty, someone who needs deserve my respect and compassion, a brother for whom Christ died. Myers believes Christians must appreciate the essential role of science in nuturing curiosity and humility. This will put a wrongheaded notion about existence to an empirical test. The levels-of-explanation view believes humans are best understood in terms of hierarchy of levels or disciplines of relative complexity that should not be confused. One's faith should not affect the other levels or disciplines. The levels of explanation view looks at the biological, cognitive, and behavioral components. This levels of explanation view also examines cultural, biological, and interpersonal views.
List three strengths that you see with this approach. Romantic love, can be viewed from different fields (psychology, sociology, theology), but still can cause connections to be made. To say religion and science complement each other is saying using different types of analysis can bring these together. Recognizing the complementary relationships of various levels liberates us from useless argument over which one views human nature subjectively or scientifically. This approach takes science and research very seriously. It also allows all scientists to contribute to their discipline, regardless of worldview differences. This view avoids problems with misinterpreting the Bible. Last of all the levels of explanation view has shaped contemporary psychology in areas like religion, forgiveness, and values in therapy.
How does this view respond when psychological science challenges faith? unity of truth cultural mandate multiple perspective and co-operative learning (van leeuwen)
Science is not based on faith that physical laws will apply