Now you are going in a direction that will really bring out the worst in Christians.
There is no way you can convince me that baptism is the only way you can make it to Heaven. I serve a loving god, one who will answer those who call on His Name. The soldier in the trench who make a plea to God is not damned to hell because he cannot stop the battle long enough to be baptised.
I will probably get smoked for this statement but I have been smoked before and lived so let it be.
Yea, and old Christian friend of mine suggested that as a great way to start a fight among the faithful.
This topic came up a while back. I was told I was wrong by someone who thinks he is a better Christian than the Apostle Paul. I still stand behind my statement and I will let God Judge me.
I believe every new Christian should be baptised, I was and I am glad I was. So it is not that I do not believe in Baptism, I just believe in a loving God.
The scriptures are actually split on the subject, with each side having passage they can use to support their position. It's one of those pesky 400+ contradictions.
In general, the less judgmental the Christian, the easier they are to get along with, and the less they are the "droids I am looking for".
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell