Kyrie Eleison.

It's interesting how Christianity is a "Western" religion, yet it began as a messianic movement in Jerusalem - far from being a Western city like Athens, Rome, or London. Even Judaism and Islam are lumped together as "Western" religions only because they worship the same God (some may not like to admit that, but that's their problem). None of these religions have geographical or spiritual references to the West as we know it; they are Middle-East centric. So what happened here? Perhaps because much of Christianity was inspired by Plato and his philosophy of "forms"? Or that much of the Christian liturgies and masses were composed in Europe by the great European composers?

I wonder why this is? Is it just a reference of the religion that stuck? Or is it presumptuous and rather strange? I'd like to discuss with anyone who is interested.