Its a hard situation AAAAA. I was raised in a family with very strong convictions as well. My mother used to tell me all of the time that she was praying for me that I find my way back to the "right" path. To which my response was that I thought that praying was an act of faith, and that the point was for god to answer those prayers. That telling me about it all of the time was her way of trying to control what she could not, instead of allowing the let go and let god. I suspect that she still prays dilligently for me, but no longer tells me about it.

She also used to tell me that she was praying for my one roommate, a gay male, that he would no longer be gay. I used to just tell her good luck with that. Needless to say, we have come to an understanding. It is important to know your own beliefs and convictions, and to live by those without allowing others to interfere with them. I believe as you do, that everyone believes their own things for their own reasons, and that it really is okay. But I believe that it should be reciprocated, and that I should be allowed to be at peace in my own spirituality.

So, decide if this person is worth the time and the headache, or if you can just be civil, and realize that she is coming from a place of judgement and intolerance, and let her be. It is hard to do that with relatives, but I suspect that you have had to set other boundaries with different family members, and that it has worked out okay.