First I am not an atheist as an atheism is defined as not believing in God. I am a Deist like Thomas Paine was. We just don’t believe in the supernatural acts of God in the Bible or the second and third hand revelations of the word of God. We believe in God but our idea of the nature of God is different than yours.
You have the idea that Paine all of a sudden became a Deist in 1794. If you read the Age of Reason you will find that he had been planning to write about his thoughts on religion for some years and upon the threat of death he was under he decided it was time. Up till then he had been pretty busy with fighting for political liberty and probably revealing his religious thoughts would have detracted from that.
To more fully understand Paine I recommend the following videos
Thomas Paine the man whose words changed the world.
You are the one who does not understand. You are using Paine’s later publications to completely redefine how our America government was established and what the Founders of this nation said and meant. You are even twisting Paine’s later statements to serve your redefinition. You sound desperate. I do not see why you are so hostile to mere words on a plaque. They do not magically make you a Christian or a Jew.