Precisely. It was meant to be unsound. I was attempting to show
that it is unreasonable to use extreme examples (good thief, dying
man, retarded child) to disprove or prove Baptismal Regeneration.
As a result, in order to disprove Baptismal Regeneration, it is
best to use general examples or exegesis of Scripture.
Jesus says that he who believes and is baptized will be saved.
However, Scripture has always taught that baptism is a normative,
not an absolute necessity. There are some exceptions to the rule
because God is not bound by His sacraments.
Augustine of Hippo makes a similiar argument here:
"For whatever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this
confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if
they were washed in the sacred font of baptism. For He who said,
'Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter
into the kingdom of God,' made also an exception in their favor, in
that other sentence where He no less absolutely said, "Whosoever
shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my
Father which is in heaven.'" Augustine, City of God, 13:7
