Baptism saves no one. Yet, it is still a very important part of the Christian faith. Because of this, it is one of the many issues in the Bible that calls for careful balance. When the gymnast first walks the balance beam, she finds it far easier to fall to the left or the right than to stay on the beam. That's because of the narrowness of the beam and the wideness of the surrounding area.
Truth is much like a balance beam.
It is often very narrow. Once we fall from the beam, it hardly matters whether we have fallen to the left or to the right. In either case, we are no longer on the beam. When it comes to baptism, many have fallen off the beam. It serves no purpose.