Doesn't someone have to believe in God to be afraid of Him? Greer is not a believer. Not being mean, here, folks...
It's not mean at all, it's true. Or, at least, he may believe in God but decided to devote his soul to the other side. When criticized over his consistently biased rulings for the HINO by his church's newsletter, instead of introspection and debating what he was doing was right with Jesus, he quit the church. He's not about to let Him get in his way of killing Terri.
When a judge who doesn't believe in God takes his oath before God or in the name of God, I wonder what compels him to keep his oath. Who says he means it?
And you know this how?