I imagine to someone looking in from outside it would seem like that. The differences are questions of discernment. Evangelicals are united in their belief of The Gospel and Scripture being the rule of the faith.
This and the issues such a baptism also illustrate that disunity and the core problem of sola scriptura to having a truly unified Body of Christ.
The problem with a hierarchy is it becomes a control freak. The desire of men to have absolute power over others to the point of even controlling what they are allowed to think is nothing new.
I’d respectfully disagree. The view of God and God and man’s relationship in Calvinism is radically different from that of Jesus and Christianity. I think an objective view shows this plainly.
The point of the differences in Baptism involves authority, but my point was that learned men using the same scripture disagree - with extreme assurance - on it. This, IMHO, illustrates that the unifying force you note is not a unifying source. Even the major heretics of history argued from scripture.
Thanks for your reply.
ABSOLUTELY INDEED.
That’s one reason I have a lot of respect for denominations with no titled clergy office holders.