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The Baptists came from a movement that came at about the same time as Martain Luther. They were origionaly called "Anabaptists" (re-baptisers) because they believe that only an adult can make the descision to become baptised, and since they were born in Catholic places, they had to be rebaptised. Since their children, however, were not baptised as babies, the "ana" part was dropped.
The Baptists, along with many protestant faiths, beleive in "justification through faith", that is, that one is made good by beleiveing in god and that good acts have nothing to do with getting into heaven. They beleive that the ONLY way to get into heaven is to have faith in Jesus... so if you don't think you're saved, you aren't, and no matter how good you are, if you don't beleive in god you will not have salvation.
Of course, this is the fundementalist mindset... I know baptists who are wonderful and don't claim to know EXACTLY what's going to happen when a person dies... um, yeah, maybe that answers your question, Succubus?
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"There's straw in his brains and his clothing is stained with mice and small newts and the perfectly maimed. Don't look under his hood in the place where he stood or you'll find yourself running from the rook in the wood."
-Cinema Strange
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