Waiting on what? I agree with you on all the different views causing division. This has been going on since the first century. Paul had to rebuke some congregations for doing it. And the reason they were doing it was because they strayed from the text. They were wanting to follow men rather than Christ. Sadly this is still happening. And that is the biggest reason for the division today. The text is clear. But people want to follow man made traditions rather than the word of God. Even within Catholicism, they have changed many things over the years. One such thing is baptism. They used to immerse those that were baptized, but over the years changed it to sprinkling. Then it became sprinkling of babies. A baby has no idea what they are doing. Even a little kid don’t. But yet Catholics have made it a tradition of “baptizing” babies and given young kids their first communion. Those kids have no idea how important the Lords supper is.
Lotta people say St. Peter was the first Pope. It was ~900yrs later when a Catholic priest decided to protest certain things (some of which may have been valid complaints), that other denominations cropped up. So all of the Christian denominations were sparked by Catholicism as far as I can tell. The Lutheran church was started by Catholics, so was the Anglican and Episcopal churches depending on how you look at it LOL. The Catholics have converted a lot of people to Christianity and fed a lot of poor people...not perfect, but still we should recognize that.
I believe the answer to the infant baptism is the sacrament of confirmation. The baby eventually gets to affirm their will and beliefs (and original baptism) when they come of age and stand before God and the community and say "yes" to being a follower of Christ.
What ever happened to "Love One Another Even As I Have Loved Thee".
