For those of you who like to use the following Scripture as a doctrine, I have a few comments:

John 3:5
"I tell you the truth Jesus answered him. If any one isn’t born of water and Spirit, he can't get into Gods Kingdom."[/quote]

May I suggest that your interpretation of the above Scripture creates a huge problem for you and others like you who insist on interpreting the Message of Salvation by Scripture instead of the other way around (that is, interpreting the Scriptures according to the Message) - it negates, ignores and/or conflicts with a number of Scriptures in the Gospels and New Testament, to include the ones I alluded to in my original question. It's the same problem that occurs when Christians and churches insist on using this and other one line verses (such as 1 John 1:9 and Heb 10:25) to establish doctrine. My friend, it’s like trying to define the final picture of a jigsaw puzzle using two or three of the puzzle pieces.

Please allow me to show you what I mean. Using the above verse to justify or infer that water baptism is a requirement for Salvation, or to justify entering the Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of Heaven (yes - they are two different things), creates at least the following two major problems:
1) When Jesus proposed the concept of being “born again” to Nicodemus, He was trying to explain to him that this was a “Spiritual” event which had to take place in order for Man to enter into the Kingdom of God by receiving salvation and eternal life. (Please note, nowhere in this entire passage in John chapter 3:1-21 was the word “baptism” used.) In fact, Jesus chided Nicodemus for being “flesh” or “earthly” minded in his assessment of what Jesus was saying. When you use this verse to infer that Jesus was talking about “earthly” water, then must also infer that John the Baptist was talking about “earthly” fire when he suggested in Matt 3:11 and Luke 3:16 when he announced that Jesus would baptize us with “the Holy Spirit and fire.” (Please note, the word “baptize” IS actually used in BOTH of these Scriptures.) Do you see that if I interpret these Scriptures the way you interpret what Jesus said in John 3:5, that would mean we would all have to be immersed in actual, “earthly” fire in order to be baptized? Ouch! I don’t believe that would go over too well; do you?
2) Your inference that Jesus is talking about a requirement to be baptized with water in this or any other passage negates Scripture passages like Rom 3:20-22 and Eph 2:4-9 which teach that it is only through God’s grace and mercy that we are saved and given eternal life in the Kingdom of God, not by our works or involvement in observing ceremonies or obeying “church” law. In fact, it negates another verse from the very same chapter of John you used - that is, John 3:16, which, as you probably know, says, “ For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever BELIEVES IN HIM shall not perish but have eternal life.”

When we understand what Jesus was trying to tell Nicodemus, that being born again is a SPIRITUAL event and that only our SPIRIT becomes born again - not our body (flesh) or soul (mind, will and emotions) - then it becomes easier to understand the truth of what He was saying. The Apostle Paul provides a wonderful explanation and interpretation of what Jesus was saying here in Titus 3:5-6...You should read it.