Have you been born again by the water and spirit?

Such silly nonsense..Why does anyone need to respond to such delusional thinking? Perhaps to point out how silly, inane and unproductive it is.

I usually prefer my scotch neat, but if I merely have to add a splash or water to enter the kingdom of god, sure, why not?

Yip, my parents had my forehead drenched in filthy holy water when I was an infant. I have been an atheist my entire life and do not believe in this ritual, it's nonsense, but hey I'm saved and since you believe I will be going to your imaginary kingdom I will see ya there 😉, no I won't see me there, you will see me there, or maybe your fantasy will not allow me there or have me banned. Lol

Yes, I was baptized. When we are baptized with water, the Holy Spirit is present. Jesus showed us this in the description of his baptism. When he was baptized with water, a white dove representing the Holy Spirit flew down from Heaven.

That's more or less what Jesus said to a very religious man in His day - if we're not born from above (of the Spirit), we won't even see the Kingdom of God (let alone get into it). John chapter 3.

I had been prevented from exercising my right to be born again by a group of people who said I did not have that right, but God put me right in my mid-20s! I read John chapter 1 and realized just who Jesus is, and that if I had received Him by faith, and believed in His name, I had that right. Read verses 12-13. That's when the new birth 'happened' to me. Hallelujah!

The first time by water only, and the second time by the Holy Spirit.

Jesus Christ saved me not because I was righteous, in fact, I was not, but because of His love and mercy.