Mentioning God in a scholarship essay

<p>“haha, is it horribly cliche?”</p>

<p>Horribly.</p>

<p>:D</p>

<p>I don’t think you should ever make blanket statements like “God created us because this” because it sounds like something someone fed to you in Sunday school, as if you haven’t thought critically about any of it. It’s NOT the talking about God or religion that makes it preachy, it’s the shallow parroting of something you could find in a Hallmark card. You could say that same sentence with “We were born to” and it would still be preachy.
I think it’s acceptable (though risky, so use good judgment) to talk about how faith or being involved in the church (or whatever) is one of your passions. However, if you did that, I would recommend focusing more on what you do through the church (helping others and such) rather than doctrine.</p>