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Genuinuely curious here - how do those who reject BOD understand the following from the Council of Trent

Decree on Justification - (Session 6, Chapter 4):
   "In these words a description of the justification of a sinner is given as being a translation from that state in which man is born a child of the first Adam to the state of grace and of the 'adoption of the Sons' (Rom. 8:15) of God through the second Adam, Jesus Christ, our Savior and this translation after the promulgation of the Gospel cannot be effected except through the laver of regeneration or a desire for it, (sine lavacro regenerationis aut eius voto) as it is written: "Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter in the kingdom of God" (John 3:5).

99% of the people who promote BOD do not even believe that a desire to be baptized is necessary for salvation, nor a desire to be a Catholic, or belief in Christ and the Holy Trinity. They believe that Mohamedans, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews etc., can be saved without "a desire to be baptized, nor a desire to be a Catholic, or belief in Christ and the Holy Trinity".

If you are sincere as you say, ponder on that, for that is the REAL SUBJECT to be debated with the promoters of BOD, and not some catechumen who got run over by a bus on his way to be baptized.

Penance is a different case however. Whereas natural and true Baptism is specifically stated to be required by Trent, it's also taught in Trent and ever since that perfect contrition or unavailability of the Sacrament can allow Penance in voto. But like you said, extending that to Baptism is like extending it to Eucharist.

Or, rather, it's like extending in voto to Holy Orders.  None of the "character" Sacraments can be received in voto.  BoDers admit that the character/seal isn't received in BoD but claim that the character is not essential to the effects of the Sacrament.  But in Holy Orders, you can't have Holy Orders without the character.  That's because it's essential to Holy Orders to have the priestly character.  Why then wouldn't that be the case with Baptism?  It's that character which makes us members of the Church and adopted children of God.  Just as Holy Orders makes a man take on the persona Christi, so does Baptism, only to a lesser extent, so that God the Father recognizes as His sons, being in the image of His Son.

Or, rather, it's like extending in voto to Holy Orders.  None of the "character" Sacraments can be received in voto.  BoDers admit that the character/seal isn't received in BoD but claim that the character is not essential to the effects of the Sacrament.  But in Holy Orders, you can't have Holy Orders without the character.  That's because it's essential to Holy Orders to have the priestly character.  Why then wouldn't that be the case with Baptism?  It's that character which makes us members of the Church and adopted children of God.  Just as Holy Orders makes a man take on the persona Christi, so does Baptism, only to a lesser extent, so that God the Father recognizes as His sons, being in the image of His Son.

Interestingly, there are a growing number of Catholics (including Pfeifferites) who believe that the character IS received in bod.  That original sin IS remitted, as well as the reception of justification.  They say everything Baptism does, bod does equally since bod is now said to be a fully functional aspect of Baptism.  And why not?  It becomes impossible to prove anything against bod being an inward sign, with all the benefits of the outward sign, if one has already accepted bod exists. After all, God can do anything and isn't tied to the sacraments, they say.  Naturally, once you cross the line, anything goes.  Every single warning and condemnation is redefined to explain how this works, so using Church teachings to debunk bod falls on deaf ears since bod has now become Baptism!  Redefining terms is at the heart of the bod apologetic which proves to me at least, bod is modernism at its finest.  This is relatively new, too.  Once upon a time, bod'ers would never insist bod was a dogma, nor that the recipients get the character, or remission of sin.  They sure do now.