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"No, Baptism does not save."

1Pt:3:21: "Whereunto baptism, being of the like form, now saveth you "

If you are going to use or quote scripture to support your position you need to use it in context.

You forgot to include the previous verses that show that the Baptism that Peter was referring to was Christ's Resurection (see verse 18 below) from the dead. Here is all of the scripture including the part you left out.

18  For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

19  By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

20  Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

21  The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

22  Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

So what will it be GonzoII,

Will you believe Jesus when he declaritively, without reservation, and with no other path given to Heaven state: “You must be born again”?

Or are you going to hold to your illogical position that runs counter to the command of Jesus that you can be saved by Baptism alone.

It cannot be both.