André Eggen



André Eggen is native born to the French community. He has a Ph.D. in Animal and Molecular Genetics from the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, 1992. Since graduation, he has been working for the French government in the field of scientific studies and research. He was only out of France for two years, when he traveled to the U.S. to do research there.

Only 20%-30% of the French population claims that there is a God, and states that they hold a belief in a higher power. But only 2% of those are Christian-based faiths. Luckily, Eggen was brought up in a Christian home, but at the ages of 12-13 he started to learn about the Evolutionary theory. If you bring forth another idea, or challenge that evolution may not be the correct answer to life, you will be in danger of getting in trouble. Even the churches in France are falling into trouble with juggling the Bible and the accepted evolutionary theories. Pastors are even trying to become more accommodating of evolutionary thought, in hopes that it would lure more of the community into coming to the church.

It was a huge stumbling block for André Eggen, to learn about evolution, while his belief was so steadfast on Christianity. In France, it was especially difficult because Evolutionary thought is taught as if it were concrete fact. Children are left with no other alternative belief because of this unforunate factor.

Currently, André Eggen is involved in research for the French government. Currently he is researching up on cattle genetics. Eggen says he is, ''"Trying to find out why some cows give more milk than others, why some cows have horns and others don’t, and genetic diseases." ''Answers in Genesis: Quote from André Eggen Because of the lack of belief in God, the scientific community in France is very reluctant to pay respect to André Eggen as he a believer in Creation. The mindset of many of scientists is that you can not be a "real" scientist and be a Creationist at the same time. Eggen found that when he worked for the 2 years here in America, that they were a good amount more respectful than the Scientists he would deal with in his home land. Eggen is involved primarily in the field of genetics. When he reflects on how people believe in the 'Big Bang' and random mutations he can not believe they would agree that such a complexity could simply fall together by chance.

André Eggen isn't only trying to impact that scientific community, but he is also starting an outreach in the Christian community.