Uncle Vic wrote:

Here is an excerpt from the Catholic Encyclopedia.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02258b.htm

"Holy Baptism holds the first place among the sacraments, because it
is the door of the spiritual life; for by it we are made members of
Christ and incorporated with the Church. And since through the first
man death entered into all, unless we be born again of water and the
Holy Ghost, we can not enter into the kingdom of Heaven, as Truth Himself
has
told us."
Baptism, according to Catholic doctrine, cleanses the soul of original
sin, allowing one to become one with God.

Now, according to Christian doctrine, Jesus was sinless.

http://foundationbiblestudy.tripod.com/jesus_was_sinless.htm

"Jesus Christ was the perfect sin offering, for the sins of all
humanity, because he was without the spot and blemish of original sin
and personal sin. Although he was God
manifested in flesh, he was also fully man, and therefore, because of
his humanity, was able to sin. Resisting every temptation from Satan
and the weakness of his flesh, he is the only person who has never
sinned."
If Jesus was completely without original sin, or personal sin, why was
he baptized?

I know the RCC answer and it is perfectly valid within the framework of that
church.
The guppy chrunchers have got some pretty good answers for things like this,
especially since one of those answers makes Earl an automatically
excommunicated person.
But I'm not religious so I'll wait to be invited.