My Mom insists that it was our baptism as Roman Catholics that my sister and I are strong Christians, though neither of us is Roman Catholic any longer. However, two brothers, who were also baptized are NOT practicing Christians and one insists he is now an atheist. Both my believing sister and I were rebaptized when we willingly received Jesus Christ as savior at a later age. The thing is, it is not the rite of water baptism which changes the heart towards God, but a "circumcision of the heart" that takes place first and which leads one to publicly confess Christ in the ordinance of baptism. Baptizing an oblivious baby only gets him wet.
God holds each person responsible for how they receive the light He has given them. It is not something that you nor I can do FOR someone. We can share the gospel of the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ but it is the Holy Spirit - not baptism - which softens the heart to believe. It is an individual's decision to receive or reject that grace and be saved.
“it is the Holy Spirit - not baptism - which softens the heart to believe”
Rejection of the mystical is one step toward rejection of God.