Yes it does. You either didn't read it or you didn't comprehend what you read due to cognitive dissonance.
"Thomas Paine (January 29, 1737–June 8, 1809), intellectual, scholar, and idealist, is widely recognized as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. ... Paine was also noteworthy for his defense of deism.." [Source]: Wikipedia
Wikipedia isn't a reliable source. Any moral relativist may "edit" it with whatever his own personal "truth" is at any given moment.
The atheists who run this web site celebrate him, though, just as much as you do:
Positive Atheism For Those Seeking to Initiate or Invigorate Their Awareness of Their Own Freedom from Superstition and Theistic Faith SEE: The Works of Thomas Paine