That's always been the case though; that's why people (in the Christian trasition at least) always emphasized faith.
Although I have met people who I do think believe in God in that way, mostly people who claim to have had overwhelming religious experiences (I used to live with one).
--- On Sat, 1/10/09, Peter Ward <nevadabob at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
they believed in God (at least
> as conceived in any meaningful form) in the same manner they
> believe in the existence of China.