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Bible Question: From which cult did Christianity draw baptism, sacrifice for the good of humanity, and Jesus's birth date?

Bible Answer: Greetings and welcome to the forum.
There are some who would contend that baptism was first practiced by the Egyptian cults and it was also practiced buy the Israelites of old but the actual facts are as follows.

The word baptism is actually a transliteration from the word, “BAPTIZMA” and it was “first used” by Homer in his infamous Homeric Epics the Iliad and the Odyssey.
The first use of baptism was depicted by a sword being plunged into a blood bath, this was a tempering process that hardened it and it gave it an association with the blood from that point on.

We, being those that have put the entirety of their faith in the Son of God and the work that He finished on the cross, are "then" plunged into water. A ritual, like an oath, "to show" our eternal association with Jesus Christ our Saviour, God the Father and God the Holy Spirit from then on.

It’s interesting to note that the Bible revels two types of baptism, one being wet, which is a ritual and the other one being dry, which is real.

Matthew 3:11 (NKJV)
11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, (i.e. a change of thinking about the person of Jesus the Christ) but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, (because He is the Lord God all Mighty) whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. (One and or the other as a believer or an unbeliever)

I hope this helps and that you enjoy the forum, CDBJ