 Makes you wonder whether or not Thomas Paine might have been saved in the end. But this is what people who were at his deathbed heard him say. Sir Francis Newport. Also, this is a collection of words from atheists and those who lacked much faith in God. Sir Francis Newport, you need not tell me there is no God for I know there is one and that I am in his presence. You need not tell me that there is no hell. I feel myself already slipping.