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I was "saved" from Original sin when I was baptized.

Well, assuming you were baptized as an infant, that would contradict scripture which shows us that salvation comes through confession and repentance. As an infant, you didn't confess or repent anything. You just laid there as someone splashed water on you. That ceremony was probably very nice, but it did nothing to save you.

Romans 10:9,10,14 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

I continue to be "saved" when I confess my sins to God and accept His forgiveness.

So you are saying that your salvation depends on you to continue to confess. That would be salvation dependant upon your works and that also contradicts Scripture.

Romans 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.

Now that doesn't mean we shouldn't continue to confess our sins to Jesus, our only mediator between God and us (1 Timothy 2:5). What you seem to have confused is the difference between salvation/justification and sanctification.

Salvation/justification work is completely in the finished work of Christ. The only thing we can do about it is either accept Jesus's gift or reject it. That takes faith, but not work. (Eph. 2:8-9)

Sanctification is living and doing the work of Christ, which is what James talks about. These works are a result of Christ/Salvation. They are not what gives a person salvation.

Well, assuming you were baptized as an infant, that would contradict scripture which shows us that salvation comes through confession and repentance. As an infant, you didn't confess or repent anything. You just laid there as someone splashed water on you. That ceremony was probably very nice, but it did nothing to save you.

Okay, I get it now. It's "my way or the highway" right?

You "born againers" think there is only one way to do things in the eyes of God.

You, and the multitudes like you, insult and denigrate the rites and traditions that people like me grew up with.

Please keep your Bible verses. You use them to cover the disdain you feel for me.