Likewise, there was a revival of Christian piety in (West) Germany after the Second World War. And even earlier, conventional religious faith hadn't died out -- the intellectuals loss of faith and the disastrous political turn weren't necessarily representative of the way many ordinary people lived. Such piety didn't last in Germany either. But a recognition of such historical developments and continuities -- as well as of the thousand years of medieval culture -- ought to have been expected by someone who presumed to write on religion and culture in Europe. When a writer ignores such things, as Stix does, it calls his credibility into question.
More to the point, the Nietzschean view that "God was dead" in 19th century Europe applies just as much to 21st century America as it did to his own era. He wasn't saying that everyone was an atheist, but that underneath the surface piety of the day, God had ceased to matter. And that's a criticism that we can't simply ignore as our own culture is concerned.
Maybe Stix is a friend or relative of yours. If so your loyalty to him is commendable (If he's you, the criticisms can only help you to improve your essays). But he has real trouble organizing his perceptions into a coherent and convincing argument. He keeps reaching for a "big picture" theory, but throws in so many of his own likes and dislikes that he doesn't escape the merely subjective. He doesn't seem to see that his peeves don't add up to anything substantial.
Is "anti-scientific thinking" really stronger in contemporary Europe than it has been at other times and places? Does the term "North America" function "as a petty insult to Americans"? Is Europe really less creative artistically than the US? Are Europeans greater "culture snobs" than Americans? And isn't there some contradiction in attacking both multiculturalism and supposed European cultural haughtiness? Between attacking Europeans for betraying or not living up to their heritage, and condemning them for priding themselves on a supposedly superior culture, and hinting that that culture never was what some said it was, Europeans don't get a break from Nicholas Stix.
That Stix reproaches Europe because of its "embrace of the inferior fare at McDonald's" is an indication that whatever problems there are aren't unique to Europe. Modern Europe is seriously flawed, but other parts of the modern world don't escape criticism either. If le Big Mac is a problem, it's not something one can blame on Europe, or even on socialism.