Baptism Is Not Just a Sport, Right?

Baptism is not a spectators sport, right? Baptism is a self involving act. If baptism names god, it also names us as belonging to god. It actually used to be the custom in in much of christendom, for many, many centuries, that when child is born, they officially receive their name at their baptism. Who you are is determined by whose you are, to whom you belong. And that's something that baptism says.