shadow: I don't see that these references refute the need for some level of knowldege and a dedication to Jehovah.
Shadow,
Acts 10:30-48 shows Cornelius, a Roman army officer who may have had some knowledge but was not yet a proselyte. Peter speaks less than 200 Greek words to Cornelius and while he is speaking Cornelius and his entire family receive the Holy Ghost and begin speaking in tongues. Peter immediately baptizes them all. Neither Cornelius nor his family were required to make a dedication, and Cornelius was not required to retire from the military office he held. Cornelius was not required to attend a single Christian meeting, was not required to regularly preach the Good News for as many months as required by the local elder body, and was not required to demonstrate the depth of his Bible knowledge to anyone prior to baptism.
Acts 16:11-15 shows Lydia, a Thyatirian seller of purple, listening to one brief message preached (not teaching, but preaching) by the disciples and then she and her whole household were baptized. Lydia was not required to attend a single Christian meeting, was not required to regularly preach the Good News for as many months as required by the local elder body, and was not required to demonstrate the depth of her Bible knowledge to anyone prior to baptism. If she made a dedication it is not specified.
Acts 16:25-34 shows a Philippian jailer who, after one late night or early morning conversation with Paul and Silas was baptized, together with his whole household, "without delay." Neither the Philippian jailer nor his family were required to make a dedication, and he was not required to retire from post. He was not required to attend a single Christian meeting, was not required to regularly preach the Good News for as many months as required by the local elder body, nor required to preach to anyone, for that matter, and was not required to demonstrate the depth of his Bible knowledge to anyone prior to baptism. This despite the stated fact that he had formerly not believed in God.
If these are pre-baptismal requirements for Christians, why were they not required of those desiring to become Christians? If they are requirements prior to baptism, why are they not found anywhere in the Bible as requirements?
I can provide Scriptures proving that Christians were validly baptized without meeting the requirements of Jehovah's Witnesses. Can you provide Scriptures showing that JW requirements for baptism are God's requirements?
I understand why you want to shift the burden to me, but I've met my burden, and then some. I wasn't required to have an alternate perspective in order to require support for the perspective of Jehovah's Witnesses, but I have provided one anyway. One solidly founded on the Bible.
I am still waiting for a JW to meet the burden of Scripturally supporting this doctrine.
Respectfully,
AuldSoul