So apparently there's this professor, Bill Valencia, who now spends all of his time writing in Nihil philosophicum a me alienum puto, his personal blog. I came across his blog from a Google search for arguments for and against "Russell's Teapot." Valencia authors a fairly exhaustive response here.
Not only does Valencia's blog put all other philosophy blogs I've seen to shame, it's filled with many useful links, including The Athenaeum Library of Philosophy, where you can find pretty much every historical philosophical text ever (never buy a book for a history of philosophy class again!).
Also, if you're courting your more social side, you may try PhiloKings, although from what I've seen it's filled with amateurs. You get two ends of the philosophical spectrum in one post!
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Vallicella's definitely right that there are many important differences between a celestial teapot and God. Russell's passage, though, still does a good job of criticizing the way in which atheists, those who simply fail to believe in that which cannot be proven, have historically been vilified and exiled.
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