Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
Simplest of the simple. He told us that if we believe and are baptized we save be saved. Of course there is more to it then just that, but that is what the rest of the Bible is for (history, law, instruction, etc.).
To your argument that it doesn't say he that believeth not and isn't baptized shall be damned - I seriously doubt that every single thing that we can do to keep us from heaven would have to be listed there.
Another analogy (side note: I like to speak in analogies as I think it mimics Jesus teaching in parables)
Jane has a recipe.
It calls for sugar, flour, and eggs. She has to put all of these things in to get her desired result. The recipe doesn't say everything that should not be put in it however.
So...to go off of your logic there one could assume that the statement was, oh....*symbolic*???
It's not literal.