Harold G. Coffin

Harold G. Coffin is a member of the Geoscience Research Institute, Loma Linda, California, and holds a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Southern California.

Articles by Harold G. Coffin

Deception Through Science

August 1967

A FAMILY sits tensely in front of the television set watching the blast-off of a rocket. After some moments of suspension that lead up to the an­nouncement that a suc­cessful orbit has been achieved, everyone re­laxes, and someone is heard…

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The Fiery Birth of an Island

May 1968

A november  14, 1963, fire broke out 425 feet beneath the sea in the Atlantic just off the south coast of Iceland. By the next day an island had been reared above the waves. It continued to grow despite the savage…

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Research on a Petrified Forest (Concluded)

March 1969

HOW can stumps floating upright in water and being left in the mud in. that position be explained? Yet, this is a requirement if the growth in the place of these stumps is questioned. Would hollow stumps that have their centers of gravity…

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Research on a Petrified Forest (Part 1)

February 1969

WHEN geological science began to take the interest of many during the Renaissance, the Genesis flood was generally invoked to explain the formation of coal. Some of these early studies were well executed, and the interpretations based on…

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The Ginkgo Petrified Forest

January 1975

ALONG THE WESTERN edge of the Columbia River Plateau, next to the Cascade Mountains, a unique state park has been crated. The Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park, located in the State of Washington, is found in a panorama of hills and…

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Creation, the Genesis Flood, and the Three Angels' Messages

June 1971

THE three angels' messages of Revelation 14 are considered to be the last great warnings for our world. They began to sound in the 1830's and 1840's. William Miller brought to the attention of much of the Western world the prospect of the…

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Uniformity and Catastrophism (Concluded)

August 1970

THE concept of uniformity has delayed the progress of geological science be cause, as we believe, the past history of the earth has experienced one major catastrophe episode that has been unrecognized.

The uniformitarian needs, comparatively,…

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Uniformity and Catastrophism (Part 1)

July 1970

DURING the Dark Ages the state of science was both at a low level and static. To the modern mind it is difficult to understand how the peoples of those times could be so devoid of curiosity, so ignorant of the role of direct observation in…

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Evidences for creation

May 1984

The creation of the earth and its living things was a series of unique acts. Although the actual work of Creation can be neither observed nor reproduced in the laboratory, much evidence of such creative activity exists; evidence that can…

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