For a week and a half now, I have been coming to FR and have been following the reports of this horrific crime. But I must say I have grown weary of reading posts from the unlearned like you that proclaim knowledge about the teachings of the church of Christ, who then spout total untruths about those teachings showing their complete ignorance about the church or her teachings. Like I said before to another Church of Christer, am I a Christian if I am not baptized? Am I going to Heaven of Hell when I die?
And I will continue to speak the truth whether you like it or not.
You know, you claim to be speaking the truth, but all you have done is make accusations and ask argumentative questions. You demanded that ClancyJ defend his/her beliefs, but you have not done so in any way. Refute my previous post. Refute the Holy Scripture. I didn't make that up. God did. Refute it. Refute I Peter 3:21 where Peter said
The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us. Here's one for you...I will retype I Peter 3:21 this way...
The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now/not save us. Now remove the word that doesn't belong in the passage.
To answer your question, even though you haven't answered mine with any supportable defense...as I read the scriptures/Word of God, I see that for me to be saved, to go to Heaven, I must be baptized. Baptism is what saved me. It is through baptism that I put on Christ, and through which I received the cleansing of Christ's blood. I died to sin, I was buried with Christ in the water's of baptism and I (like Christ) was resurrected to walk a new life.
Now, defend your salvation.