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I am always surprised at the Scripture that is not taken literally.

You mean like where Jesus claims to be the sun (John 8:12) or a door (John 9:10). You can't take Scripture literally without taking into account the context.

I think one would have to jump through a lot of hoops to arrive at the meaning of amniotic fluid. I don’t see any support for that idea; it just doesn’t make sense.

I didn't jump through any hoops. I posted the support for it using the context of the Scriptures around verse 5. What you should probably say is "I don't buy your support and it doesn't make sense to me." That's fine. That's your choice, but to say there is NO support is false.

Obviously the apostles didn’t think it was amniotic fluid, else why did Peter say “repent, and be baptized”

Wow! Talk about taking Scripture out of context. Where in John 3 does Peter jump in?