Does Sola Scriptura cause divisions among protestants?

Follow a debate or discussion between a catholic and a protestant, sooner or later you will stumble up on the argument about Sola Scriptura causing protestant divisions. The catholic will probably assert that there are 30,000 protestant churches and growing. The protestant, aside from pointing out that the number is exaggerated and that catholics, in his opinion, are divided,  will at some time point out how it is not Sola Scriptura that is the problem but rather the mis-use of it. In a way I could, as a catholic, agree with this protestants assertion. It seems to me that it is precisely because protestants are not able to authoritatively prescribe the proper way to use Sola Scriptura. Sola Scriptura prevents them from doing this. The scripture itself does not explain how Sola Scriptura is supposed to be properly used. If the only binding authority among protestants is scripture and if scripture does not bind them to the proper way to be used alone, then we should expect that protestants will continue in this path of "mis-using" Sola Scriptura.

I would argue that scripture is not the cause of divisions, but rather the mis-use of scripture. Sola Scriptura is an example of a mis-use of scripture that causes divisions.

Does the bible teach Sola Scriptura? (informal Debate : Hapax vs. Projecthouse)

I have invited Projecthouse  a fellow I met on facebook, to engage in a very informal debate (or discussion if you will) on Does the bible teach Sola Scriptura? He will be taking  the affirmative and I will be taking the negative. I do not consider myself an expert in debating, but love the interchange. I hope something comes of this. Our debate will take place in the comments section. As I said, it is very informal.