slimshady said:
Protestants can be termed as "western". Most of Catholics have different culture. Communion with vatican doesn't mean it is not independent.
Also Western culture 200 years ago is western culture. They are more racist and anti lgbt, while Indian culture accepted LGBT grps from Ancient times. Modern culture brings degeneracy. It originated in west but it is not same as western culture. China is not superpower because of persecution of muslims. Don't bring foolish politics here. China is superpower due to its superior intellectual government and Socialist Capitalist system.
Catholics literally created Western Christianity, it's the Latin Rite vs. the Greek Rite, Protestants originally began as Catholics that protested the pope. Beyond Catholics and Eastern Orthodox (Greek Rite), you have the Oriental Orthodox (Aramaic) which is proper Middle Eastern.
Protestants & Catholics = Western Culture, Eastern Orthodox = Borderline Western, Oriental Orthodox = Fully Middle Eastern.
Only the Oriental Orthodox Christians are non-Western.
Modern Western Culture is the natural evolution of that 200yr Western culture, 'All Men are Created Equal' is a tenet of the Enlightenment, it's just that 200 hundred years ago 'lower races' were considered literal sub-humans/animals and not humans.
They are a superpower because they know how to do deal with fifth column agitators with dual loyalties, of which muslims are the most likely to be (alongside Jews).