Baptism or Belief?

The community church says that baptism is a public showing of one's belief in Christ. The Churches of Christ say that baptism is the way by which one is saved. The community church makes a fairly big deal about believing in Christ, and makes baptism out to be a fun event that has sign ups (this is obviously a generalization). The Churches of Christ build baptism up to be the end all, and don't talk much about the belief aspect of salvation. What I would like to argue is that "belief" in and of itself, is just as important and necessary as the act of baptism.
When the scriptures are examined, "belief" is accompanied by baptism with few exceptions. In fact, one could argue that Jesus dealt more with belief than he did baptism. The roman centurion wanting Jesus to heal his daughter-Jesus says this, "Go! It will be done just as you believed it would." The leper, the woman who touched Jesus garment, the men who lowered their friend through the roof to be healed-there are many accounts where people "believed" and were healed! Also, be mindful of the fact that in the first century it was blasphemous to "believe" in a king other than Caesar. That to "believe" in Christ was to risk one's life. To proclaim a personal belief, to change lifestyles to mesh with a certain belief system, to evangelize friends, was to say the Roman government was wrong. Baptism or belief? Both are indispensable equals in talking about salvation.