[fidelis]

Okay, post the scriptures which prove baptism is the source for receiving eternal life. Baptism is an OUTWARD sign that a person believes and it is counted to them righteousness. THAT is being born again, born from above. The water on the body does not activate any more than a drink defiles a man. And THAT can be proven with scripture.

Baptism Saves You

Is Baptism Just a Symbol of Our Salvation?

[MHGinTN]

You send me to 'catholic answers! So you as an individual Catholic cannot answer and you trust the very ORG which has programmed you to have scripture straight? Sorry, that is lacking.

Matthew 15:17
Perceive ye not yet, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

JESUS said that what a man eats does not defile him because it goes out through the draught. Far more powerful, because it is spiritual activation, is submitting self for baptism. But it is THE REDEEMED who do this, not to obtain salvation but to be OBEDIENT.