It is important once we have recognised the nature of science as observation, experiment, and explanation of the physical universe, that we go on to see that the scientific way of looking at things is not the only way. The scientific way of looking that the universe is about mechanisms, but the biblical view is about meaning. Science is specifically limited, in that it attempts to explain everything in terms of certain causes, without any explanation in terms of purpose. Take for example what I might do as a scientist to an oil painting, if you brought it to my lab for a scientific report! Eddington's net......

1. Many non religious scientists take the position that faith provides something to hold on to in the face of temporary scientific ignorance. ( E.g Peter Atkin's book: On Creation.)

2. That science and Christian faith are different and distinct and should be kept separate, as quite diverse activities.

3. That science and Christian faith, whilst each is characteristically distinctive, (dealing with how? And why ? respectively) can be harmonised into a single vision of truth - the one world 'kinship view.

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