text: So I guess "Unless a man be born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter the Kingdom of God" is not a reference to Baptism?  I guess "Repent and be baptized" "Go and teach all nations, baptizing them..."  or any of the other references to Baptism in the New Testament are not actually references to Baptism? 
  
  Why does Jesus so clearly command it when it is utterly useless? What other things does Jesus command us to do that have no bearing on salvation?
  
  Let me guess: the way the Church has understood these references was all wrong until Hans Kung, Ray Brown or some other run of the mill dissident came on the scene and told us what they really mean?