
Ibn Taymiyyah's Theology - Part 2 with Dr Hatem al-Haj
Blogging Theology
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The Impossibility of New Events Existing Before This World
In God is that you're making it impossible for God to create before he created. He puts a lot of emphasis on the divine wisdom with a divine will. Any optimistic theodicy would fall apart with the eternity of the hellfire. If most human beings or at least a lot of human beings will be destined to eternity, to basically eternal torment, torture, then an optimistic theodcy is beyond reach.
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