Religion without philosophy is blind sentiment; philosophy without religion is empty concoction—both must unite.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: God created the soul and the matter also. Has he discussed anything?
Prabhupāda: God created everything. God created soul and the matter.
Hayagrīva: Well, then, how is the individual soul eternal if it has a beginning?
Prabhupāda: No, we say there is no beginning. As God has no beginning, soul has no beginning.
Prabhupāda: Na jāyate na mriyate vā [Bg 2.20]. That is the distinction between matter and soul. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: They counter that if God is all-powerful, He can do anything. So why not He can create a soul, and that soul can then be eternal from that point?
Prabhupāda: Hmm? Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: The Christian may argue that God is all-powerful, so God has created the soul, and from that point the soul is eternal.
Prabhupāda: Soul is eternal, we admit. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: But only from that point, not in the past.