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God breathes life into this corpse, and this makes Adam different from the animals. He is more than a body. Adam is a living soul. This soul is capable of knowing God and enjoying God, and it is capable of sinning against God, something the animals cannot do.

I Want Your Soul

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Temptation comes to us through the world, the flesh, and the devil. The problem is that, wherever it comes from, it attaches itself to the soul. Our souls are sticky toward sin. Sin attaches itself to our souls.

There is a heaven to pursue and a hell to avoid. You have a soul: Your soul can be saved and it can be lost. To lose your soul is the ultimate disaster, because it is the only loss from which you can never recover.

President's Remarks at Wheeling, West Virginia RallyWesbanco ArenaWheeling, West Virginia 2:20 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) Thank you all forcoming. (Applause.) And thanks for having me. (Applause.) I amthrilled to be back here in the Mountain State. (Applause.) You mayhave noticed I'm spending some quality time here. (Applause.) Youknow why? Because we're going to carry West Virginia again.(Applause.) I'm here to thank you for your help. I'm here to ask for yourvote. I'm here to encourage you to go the extra mile to get people toshow up at the polls. (Applause.) Most of all, I want to thank youfor coming out on a Sunday afternoon. I appreciate you all coming outand taking time away -- or bringing your families here. It means a lotto me. I really appreciate it. You know, I was in your neighborhood a while ago. I was at the newCabela's. (Applause.) The place has hired over a couple thousandjobs, creating a couple thousand jobs there. I'm there because I'm ahunter and I like to fish. (Applause.) I understand a lot of peoplein these parts like to fish. (Applause.) A couple of you like tohunt. (Applause.) I just don't get to do enough of it -- I'm huntingfor votes. (Applause.) There's a lot of differences in this campaign. You know, one ofthe most notable differences came up the other day when my opponentsaid, well, you can find the heart and soul of America in Hollywood. AUDIENCE: Booo! THE PRESIDENT: Yes. I think you find the heart and soul ofAmerica right here in Wheeling, West Virginia. (Applause.) I gave Laura a kiss good-bye today and said, I'm heading toWheeling. She said, well, I'm working on my speech. (Laughter.) Isaid, well, make it a good one, will you? (Laughter.) I didn't needto say that. Of course, it's going to be a good one. Laura is a greatFirst Lady, a wonderful mom, and a great wife. (Applause.) I'm reallyproud of her. I'm really proud of her. Today, I'm going to give yousome reasons why I think you ought to put me back into office; perhapsthe most important one of all is for Laura to be the First Lady forfour more years. (Applause.) Rick mentioned my running mate. I'm real proud of Dick Cheney.He's a great, solid man. (Applause.) I admit he's not the prettiestface in the race. (Laughter.) I picked him because of his judgmentand his experience and his ability to get the job done. (Applause.) I thank Rick, Rick Casini, for being here. I'm proud of hisleadership. As he told you, he's a union shop steward, he's a leaderof men and women, he's -- he represents the hardworking people of thesteel industry here in this part of the country. It means a lot to methat he stands up and endorses my candidacy. See, I believe ourmessage is good for Republicans, I believe our message is good forDemocrats, and I believe our message is good for independents.(Applause.) I appreciate the steel workers who are standing behind me.(Applause.) Standing with me. (Applause.) When I make up my mind onissues, I don't say, well, you know, oh, so-and-so might benefit, butthey didn't vote for me. That's not how I do things. I make up mymind based upon what I think is right. (Applause.) And I appreciate -- I want to thank my friend, Congresswoman ShellyMoore Capito for joining us today, a fine member of the United StatesCongress. I want to thank the Wheeling Park High School Marching Bandfor being here today. (Applause.) I'll try to keep my speech short,so you can get back home and do your homework for tomorrow.(Laughter.) No? Okay. I want to thank all the grassroots activists who are here -- KathyFortunato is with us today. And I want to thank all of -- here's whata grassroots activist does: You put up signs, you make the phonecalls, you register people to vote. See, we have a duty in our countryto register people to vote, and to vote. And, therefore, I'm askingyou, as a supporter, to go out amongst your friends and neighbors andremind your friends and neighbors to register. Tell them that inAmerica our system functions because people participate. You might remind them of this amazing statistic: that inAfghanistan, after three short years of their liberation, over 10million people have registered to vote. (Applause.) They're getting awhiff of liberty in Afghanistan, that sweet smell of freedom.(Applause.) And here in America, we must remind people toparticipate. See, that liberty functions because people show up. Andwhen you get them registered, don't ignore Democrats -- you heard Rick-- (laughter) -- don't worry about -- don't overlook discerningindependents. And then, when you get them registered and you get themheaded to the poll, remind them, if they want a safer country, astronger country, a better country, put us back into office.(Applause.) We have been through a lot together in the last few years, and wehave accomplished a lot. We have done a lot. But there's only onereason to look back at the record, and that is to determine who best tolead us forward. (Applause.) I'm traveling your important state tolet you know that even though we have done a lot, there's more work todo; that I've got more to accomplish with your help; that I want tomake sure our schools realize their full potential so every child --every child -- has a chance to realize the great promise of America.(Applause.) We're working with our local folks to make sure that excellence isin every classroom. See, I believe in local control of schools.(Applause.) We're spending more money at the federal level to help youout here. But we're changing things, because now we're beginning toask the question, can a child read and write and add and subtract,see. That's what we're beginning to ask, because we believe everychild can learn to read, and we expect every child to read. And whenwe find the schools that are teaching, we'll praise their -- praisetheir teachers. But this administration will challenge the statusquo. We will -- we will make sure that schools that do not teach andwill not change get the message that every child should learn to readin America. (Applause.) There's more work to be done. I believe in intervention programsto make sure children have the skills necessary to learn. I know we'vegot to raise the standards in our high schools by working on math andscience curricula. We want more Internet in our classrooms. We want ahigh school diploma to mean something. What I'm telling you is, afterfour more years, a rising generation will have the skills andconfidence necessary to realize the American Dream. (Applause.) We've got more work to do on health care. We're making goodprogress on health care. We've created community health centers allaround the country, so low-income people can get primary care. Itseems like a legitimate function of your government, is to help peoplewith their health care needs, if they can't afford it. You mightremember the old Medicare debate. That's a program, of course, thatour seniors count on. Many seniors will tell you the program needed tobe modernized and strengthened. See, you couldn't get prescriptiondrugs through Medicare, not until old George W. came along.(Applause.) We worked with Republicans and Democrats to say, let's keep ourcommitment to our seniors. Beginning in the year 2006, seniors aregoing to have choices in Medicare. Seniors will be able to design aprogram that meets their needs. Plus, Medicare will includeprescription drugs. We created health savings accounts for American families, so youcan save tax-free for your own health care needs. I fully recognizemost people get their health care through their businesses. Most small-- most new jobs are created by small businesses. A lot of smallbusinesses are having trouble affording health care these days. Oneway to address that problem is to allow small employers to jointogether to pool risk, so they can buy insurance at the same discountbig businesses get to do. (Applause.) We will continue to spend dollars on research, so we can help findcures for terrible diseases. We'll work to modernize the health careindustry. But I'll tell you one thing we need to do to make sureyou've got health care that's available and affordable: We need tostop these junk lawsuits that are threatening our docs. (Applause.)This is an issue in this campaign. You see, I don't think you can bepro-plaintiff attorney and pro-doctor and patient at the same time.(Applause.) See, I don't think you can be pro-small business andpro-plaintiff attorney at the same time. I think you have to make achoice. My opponent made his choice, and he put him on the ticket.(Applause.) I made my choice: I am for medical liability reform now.(Applause.) In all we do to improve health care, we will make sure the healthcare decisions are made by doctors and patients, not by bureaucrats inWashington, D.C. (Applause.) I'm running again because I want to continue the economic growthwe're seeing now. We've been through a lot in this economy. We'vebeen through a recession, we've been through corporate scandals, andwe've been through those -- a terror attack. And yet we've overcomethese obstacles. We've overcome them because we've got great workersin America. We've overcome them because we've got great farmers inAmerica. We've overcome them because the small business sector isalive and well in America. (Applause.) We've overcome these obstaclesbecause of two well-timed tax cuts. (Applause.) We didn't try to pick winners or losers when it came to tax relief,we did it the fair way. We said, if you're paying taxes, you ought toget relief. (Applause.) We increased the child credit. (Applause.)We reduced the effects of the marriage penalty. (Applause.) I believethe tax code ought to encourage marriage, not penalize marriage.(Applause.) We helped our small businesses, and the plan is working.Our economy has been growing at rates as fast as any in nearly 20years. Over the last 12 months, we've added about 1.5 million newjobs. (Applause.) The unemployment rate, the national unemploymentrate is down to 5.5 percent, which is well below the national averageof the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. (Applause.) The unemployment rate inWest Virginia is 5.2 percent. (Applause.) The economic plan we put in place to overcome the obstacles thiscountry faced is working, and there's more to do. That's why I've comehere to Wheeling, West Virginia, to let you know there is more work tobe done to make sure this economy continues to grow, to make sureanybody who's looking for work is able to find a job. To keep jobshere in America we must have reasonable and fair regulations. You see,you ask your small business owner here what it's like to fill outpaperwork, and a lot of them will tell you it's too much. My problemis I can't guarantee you whether anybody in Washington has ever readthe paperwork you fill out. (Applause.) We need tort reform inAmerica to keep jobs here in America. (Applause.) Listen, to keep these folks working, to keep people working aroundthe country, we need a sound energy policy in America. (Applause.) Isubmitted a plan to the Congress, and a vital part of that plan is astrategy based upon clean coal technology. (Applause.) As a matter offact, my budgets for clean technology have increased 160 percent sinceI came to office. The budget next year for clean coal technology is$447 million. The reason why I'm telling you this is an integral partof making sure we're less dependent on foreign sources of energy iscoal. (Applause.) And I remember campaigning in this state in 2000 and telling youthat was my position then. And I'm running against a fellow who iskind of shifting. (Laughter.) A while ago he said coal is a dirtysource of energy. Then he decided he wanted to come to your state, andknock on your door. And then he said, now, well, I am for legislationthat is supporting clean coal technology. In other words, he shifted.He's out there mining for votes. (Laughter.) All I'm asking you to dois tell your friends and neighbors, be careful of somebody whoseposition shifts in the wind. (Applause.) Trade policy is important to make sure that jobs stay here. See,our markets are open for other folks. It's good for you that they'reopen. When you have more choices, you're liable to get a betterproduct at a better price. That's how the economy works. So what I'mtelling other countries is, we're treating you this way, you treat usthe same way. (Applause.) And we'll enforce law in this administration. We think an industryis being treated unfairly, we'll enforce the law, and that's exactlywhat I did when it came to the U.S. steel industry. See, I thoughtthere was a -- (applause) -- I thought I needed to stand up for steel,and I did stand up for steel. (Applause.) I put in place safeguardsto restore fairness to the market to help our steel folks adjust. Andit worked. The plan worked. These folks back here are working in goodjobs, good high-paying jobs. (Applause.) See, if the rules are fair,if the playing field is level, our workers, our small business owners,our farmers, can compete with anybody, anyplace, anytime, anywhere.(Applause.) We need to provide our workers with a lifetime of learning to keepjobs here in America. The economy is changing, new high-paying jobsare being created, but sometimes, there's a skills gap. Sometimessomebody needs a little help going back to the community college to beable to gain the skills necessary to fill the jobs of the 21stcentury. I'm committed to making sure our workers have got anopportunity to go back to get an associate degree, so they have theskills necessary to fill the jobs of the 21st century. (Applause.) And finally, in order to keep jobs here in America, we've got to bewise about how we spend your money, and we've got to keep your taxeslow. (Applause.) It's an issue in this campaign. I'm running againsta fellow who has already put out there about $2 trillion worth of newspending promises. That's $2 trillion. That's a lot -- with a T.(Laughter.) And we've got 60 days left. No telling what's going tohappen coming down the stretch. (Laughter.) So they said, well, howare you going to pay for it? He said, well, he said, we're just goingto tax the rich. You've heard that before, haven't you? AUDIENCE: Yesss -- THE PRESIDENT: Yes. Oh, you're just going to tax the rich. Youknow how it works: The rich dodge, and you pay. But we're not goingto let him. We're going to beat him in November of 2004. (Applause.) AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years! THE PRESIDENT: I am running again because I know we have more todo to wage and win the war against terror. (Applause.) America'sfuture depends on our willingness to lead in the world. If Americashows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drifttoward tragedy. This isn't going to happen on my watch. (Applause.) The world changed on a terrible September morning, and since thatday we have changed the world. Before September the 11th, Afghanistanserved as the home base of al Qaeda, which trained and deployedthousands of killers to set up cells around the world, including ourown country. Because we acted, today Afghanistan is a risingdemocracy. They're going to have presidential elections in October ofthis year. (Applause.) Because we acted, many young girls go to schoolfor the first time in Afghanistan. (Applause.) Because we acted,Afghanistan is an ally in the war on terror. Because we acted, Americaand the world are safer. (Applause.) Before September the 11th, Libya was spending millions to acquireweapons of mass destruction. Today, because America and our allieshave sent a strong and easy-to-understand message -- (laughter) -- theleader of Libya has abandoned his pursuit of weapons of massdestruction, and America and the world are safer. (Applause.) Before September the 11th, the ruler of Iraq was a sworn enemy ofAmerica. He was defying the world. You might remember, he was firingweapons at American pilots who were enforcing the world's sanctions.He had used weapons of mass destruction. He harbored terrorists. Heinvaded his neighbors. He subsidized the families of suicide bombers.He and his henchmen murdered tens of thousands of his own people. Hewas a great source of instability in the world's most volatile region.He was a threat. After September the 11th -- after September the 11th, this countrymust remember the new lessons. And a new lesson is, is that we musttake threats seriously before they fully materialize. (Applause.)That is -- that is the new reality of the world in which we live. Andit's really important we never forget that reality. So I saw a threat,and I went to the United States Congress. They looked at theintelligence I looked at, they remembered the history of SaddamHussein, and they said he was a threat, and authorized the use of force-- they being Republicans, they being Democrats, they being my opponentand his running mate. Because the use of force should be the last option of theCommander-in-Chief, the very last option, I went to the United Nationsin the hopes that diplomacy would solve the threat. You mightremember, the debate went on, and after consideration, the U.N.Security Council voted 15 to nothing to say to Saddam Hussein,disclose, disarm, or face serious consequences. So the world spoke. As he had for over a decade, he defied the demands of the freeworld. This wasn't the only U.N. resolution he ignored. We then sentinspectors in -- or the world sent inspectors in, and he systematicallydeceived the inspectors. And so I had a choice to make: whether ornot to trust the word of a madman and forget the lessons of Septemberthe 11th, or take action to defend our country. Given that choice, Iwill defend our country. (Applause.) You know, we did not find the stockpiles that we thought would bethere. I want to remind you that Saddam Hussein had the capability ofmaking weapons of mass destruction, and he could have passed thatcapability on to others. And after September the 11th, that is not arisk this country could afford to take. Knowing what I know today, Iwould have made the same decision. (Applause.) America and the worldare safer because Saddam Hussein sits in a prison cell. (Applause.) Now, almost two years after he voted for the war in Iraq, and sevenmonths after switching positions to declare himself the anti-warcandidate, my opponent has found a new nuance. He now agrees it wasthe right decision to go into Iraq. After months of questioning mymotives, and even my credibility, he now agrees with me that eventhough we haven't found the weapons we thought would be there, knowingeverything we know today, he would have voted to go into Iraq andremove Saddam Hussein from power. I appreciate him for clearing thatup. (Laughter and applause.) However, there's still a little over 60days for him to change his mind again. (Laughter and applause.) I'm running for four more years because I know we have more to do.We will continue to work with our friends and allies around the worldto aggressively pursue the terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq andelsewhere. See, you cannot talk sense to these people. You cannotnegotiate with them. In the post-9/11 era we live in, you just simplycannot hope for the best. We must aggressively pursue them around theworld, so we do not have to fac