One of my ex-sponsor's favourite sayings, when someone wasn't acting right, was "bless him/her"... I know he meant well, but it just seemed a bit patronising...
It's similar when someone says they'll pray for you... I usually try to remember to ask if they'll sacrifice a goat for me too...
The quotation in the big book that says about "contempt prior to investigation" is wheeled out a lot, but i like the richard dawkins quote- "we should be open minded, but not so open minded that our brain falls out"...