Spiritual Stalkers

[My Own Eyes]

About a month ago I received a call from a lady, who said that she missed me at church "last Sunday" and then proceeded to ask me how my children were.

I nicely told her that I didn't have any children, and that I hadn't been to church in a year. She asked a few questions, figured out who I was (we'd never said more than a few polite words of greeting to each other), and then proceeded to ask me all manner of questions about my spirituality and relationship with God.

I wanted to be polite, so I answered that no I didn't go to church, and simply murmured "um-hmmm" to her passionate discourse on the importance of church attendance and the dangers that were awaiting me in the end days.

Since then she has called at least 4 times. Last night she called again. When she started again about the importance of going to church, I quickly told her that I had in fact just visited a new church. However, when I answered her query with the information that it was a non-denominational church, she launched into the importance of attending an apostolic church, as it is the only true church, and how basically I'll miss the rapture and suffer horribly in the end times if I don't attend an apostolic church.

Again I listened politely, stopping her only when she asked if she could share some scriptures with me as my time could be up at any moment. (To which I replied that it was not really a good time).

My Question? How do I politely and tactfully stop this? I know that this is a product of her sincere and heartfelt beliefs. But if I simply tell her that I am fully aware of the scriptures she wants to share, and state that I feel differently on them, that will only encourage debate, or cause me to disparage her beliefs, something I do not want to do.

Any Suggestions?