What religion was Thomas Paine?

Answer 1

See related link "Our Founding Fathers were not Christians" and scroll down to "Thomas Paine"

Thomas Paine was a deist and not a Christian. He believed in God but not the Bible. Regarding the above Founding Fathers answer above ~ According to ConstitutionFacts.com, Thomas Paine was not one of the Founding Fathers. (!)

They have only this short list: George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, George Mason, Gouverneur Morris, Roger Sherman, James Wilson, Edmund Randolph. Wikipedia gives a far greater number of Founding Fathers and here is part of what wikipedia says (Thomas Paine is listed as a Founding Father at this site):

The Founding Fathers of the United States were the political leaders who signed the Declaration of Independence or otherwise participated in the American Revolution as leaders of the Patriots, or who participated in drafting the U. S. constitution eleven years later. The Founders were opposed by the Loyalists who supported the British monarchy and opposed independence (though most Loyalists remained in the U.S. after 1783 and supported the new government). Some authors draw a distinction between the Founders, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 or participated in the Revolution, and the Framers, who drafted the United States Constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation, in 1787. Warren G. Harding is credited with coining the phrase "Founding Fathers" in his keynote address to the 1916 Republican National Convention when he was still a Senator. See also wallbuilders.com/ & google: government archives constitution or founding fathers.

Answer 2

Protestant