If souls are eternal then why do they require a creator?

Answer 1

THAT....is a very good question. and the simple answer is that nothing which is eternal can possibly have a creator because that would imply that there was a time when it did not exist which then means it is not eternal.

Answer 2

Discussion between Srila Prabhupada and a disciple.

Srila Prabhupada: Of course, the soul is never created, but our material, conditioned existence is created by the interaction of the Lord's energies.
One who is favored by the Lord's internal potency can understand the nature of the Absolute Truth; this understanding is called Krishna consciousness. In Bhagavad-gitä Lord Krishna explains that His energies are divided into inferior and superior, or material and spiritual, potencies.

Disciple: Aquinas did not believe in a soul per se as being divorced from a particular form. God did not create a soul capable of inhabiting any body or form; rather, He created an angelic soul, a human soul, and an animal soul, or a plant soul. Here again, we find the conception of the soul’s creation.

Srila Prabhupäda: The soul is not created but is eternally existing along with God. The soul has the independence to turn from God, in which case he becomes like a spark falling from a great fire. When the spark is separated, it loses its illumination. In any case, the individual soul is always there. The master and His servants are there eternally. We cannot say that the parts of a body are separately created. As soon as the body is present, all the parts are there with it. The soul is never created, and it never dies. This is confirmed in the very beginning of the Bhagavad-gitä:
“For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.” [Bhagavad-gitä 2.20] It may appear that the soul comes into existence and dies, but this is because he has accepted the material body. When the soul is liberated, he doesn’t have to accept another material body. He can return home, back to Godhead, in his original spiritual body.
The soul was never created but is always existing with God. If we say that the soul was created, the question may be raised whether or not God, the Supreme Soul, was also created. Of course, this is not the case. God is eternal, and His parts and parcels are also eternal. The difference is that God never accepts a material body, whereas the individual soul, being but a small particle, sometimes succumbs to the material energy.

Disciple: Is the soul eternally existing with God in a spiritual form?

Srila Prabhupäda: Yes.

Disciple: So the soul has a form that is incorruptible. Then what kind of form is the material body?

Srila Prabhupäda: The material body is an imitation. It is false. Because the spiritual body has form, the material body, which is a coating, takes on form. As I have already explained, a cloth originally has no form, but a tailor can cut the cloth to fit a form. In actuality, this material form is illusory. Matter originally has no form. It takes on form for a while as a body, and when the body becomes old and useless, the matter returns to its original position. In the Bhagavad-gitä [18.61] "The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy." the body is compared to a machine. The soul has his own form of spirit, but he is given a machine made of matter, the body, which he uses to wander throughout the universe, attempting to enjoy himself.

From the book Beyond illusion and Doubt By Srila Prabhupa.

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Answer 3

To decide if a soul is eternal or not. Let us define what a soul is first. Joseph Smith Jr. Says that a soul is when the Spirit of man and body of man are joined. So if the spirit of Man was to leave the body the soul would no longer exist. Come resurrection the spirit of man will be reunited to the body once again then the Soul of man is eternal.

Answer 4

You see. The world is made up with people like you and me. All are alike. No one knows for sure that souls are eternal and that they needed a creator. Some one tells you this and you start believing in that. That is for you to ponder over and think deep into the matter, feel it, meditate on it and find out the truth for yourself.
If you ask a question like this, do you think that there are several of those who are the know-alls, who would come forward and answer you? They too are as good as you and me only.
So, the best way is to tune your mind to find out the answer and realise it for yourself. What you feel is right, must be right from your point of view.
Can you say for certain that every one on this earth looks at the world in the same way as you do and the world appears to him as it does to you?

Answer 5

Because people think eternity as a beginning. They actually give time meaning then say "it doesn't exist."

In other words, in eternity, something can be infinitely large AND infinitely small. This is why they often fail at logic because they try and give eternity a beginning - you can't as a beginning demands an end. If something can become then something can do the opposite. When kids play with "dualism" without understanding it's logic, they get burned

Answer 6

Very good point. Eternity has no beginning and no end

Answer 7

Souls are not eternal until the time God creates it in the womb of a women.

Answer 8

The same reason a peanut butter and jelly sandwich needs bread.

Answer 9

Guidance

Answer 10

Souls are not eternal.

Eternal implies always has existed and always will.

Souls were created by God.

Whether they exist thereafter as immortal is another question.

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