Russells tepotte nævnes hyppigt i debatter om [[ateisme]] og [[agnosticisme]].
I sine bøger ''A Devil's Chaplain'' (2003) og ''The God Delusion'' (2006), har [[Richard Dawkins]] brugt Russells tepotte som en [[analogi]] for argumentet mod, hvad han kalder et "agnostisk forlig" (''agnostic conciliation'').<ref name="devchap">{{cite book
| title = [[A Devil's Chaplain]]
| author-link = Richard Dawkins |first=Richard |last=Dawkins
| publisher = Houghton Mifflin
| date = 2003
| isbn = 0-297-82973-4
}}</ref><ref>''A Devil's Chaplain'': "Science has no way of establishing the existence or non-existence of a god. Therefore, according to the agnostic conciliator, because it is a matter of individual taste, belief and disbelief in a supreme being are deserving of equal respect and attention."</ref><ref name = "goddel">{{cite book
| title = [[The God Delusion]]
|first=Richard |last=Dawkins
| publisher = Houghton Mifflin
| date = 2006
| isbn = 0-618-68000-4
}}</ref>
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