[mike182d]

For lack of time, I submit the following from another source:

"But immersion is not the only meaning of baptizo [in Greek]. Sometimes it just means washing up. Thus Luke 11:38 reports that, when Jesus ate at a Pharisee’s house, "[t]he Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash [baptizo] before dinner." They did not practice immersion before dinner, but, according to Mark, the Pharisees "do not eat unless they wash [nipto] their hands, observing the tradition of the elders; and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they wash themselves [baptizo]" (Mark 7:3–4a, emphasis added). So baptizo can mean cleansing or ritual washing as well as immersion."

http://www.catholic.com/library/Baptism_Immersion_Only.asp

[arrogantduck]

So explain 1 Peter 3:20-22

[newgeezer]

Fine. Whether baptism is done by immersion or sprinkling has never been on my list of things to be dogmatic about. What's in the heart of the one being baptized is what matters.