Well, it’s started. The legal system has begun the muder of Terri Marie Shiavo by order of Judge Greer. Early this afternoon the parents of Terri Shiavo were ordered out of her room so her starvation could begin.

If you are unaware of the facts of the case, here are a some links you must visit to understand why I call this atrocity murder:

• A few facts about Terri
• Starving for a Fair Diagnosis
• Video of Terri Shiavo
• Terri Schiavo’s documented vocabulary
• Terri Schiavo, Judge George Greer, and The Persistent Vegetative State: What Judge Greer Doesn’t Want You To Know
• Terri Shiavo’s Nurse Speaks Out
• It’s murder … that’s the ugly truth
• Judge “death to the disabled” Greer Breaks Law to Ensure Terri Schiavo’s Death
• Petition to Impeach Judge Greer
• ‘Don’t Kick It’
• Why Do Michael Schiavo, George Felos And Judge Greer Want Terri Schiavo Starved To Death?
• George Felos’ book, “Litigation as Spiritual Practice,” reveals the sick and diabolical thought process of the attorney who is killing Terri Schiavo
• BlogsforTerri

Over at the evangelical outpost, Joe Carter posted his own take on judges playing god. I was unsurprised but profoundly disturbed to see the depth of willful ignorance of the facts displayed by the liberals who posted comments. They cheerfully agree with the actions of Michael Schiavo and Judge Greer who appear to be on a hell-bent-for-leather push to put an end to Terri’s life as soon as absolutely possible.

That attitude reminded me of a passage in the Bible. (Many things do. That’s what happens when you study scripture for years!)

My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent. If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause; Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit; We shall find all kinds of precious wealth, We shall fill our houses with spoil; Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse,” My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your feet from their path, For their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed blood.

(Prov. 1:10-16, NASB)

There is a rush on. It’s a rush to shed the blood of Terri Shiavo and others like her before they can be stopped. And what crime has she committed? If you compare how judge Greer is treating her compared to death row inmates, she has committed the ultimate crime: she has allowed herself to become disabled.

So now we have the inmates on death row who get so many appeals that some die of old age. But when someone commits the “crime” of becoming inconvenient or disabled, then our legal system practically falls all over itself in its rush to kill the suspect patient. This is the direct opposite of God’s commands.

The Bible teaches that we are to care for those who are weak:

This is pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father, to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

(James 1:27, NASB)

On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

(1Cor. 12:22-26, NIV)

“Then they themselves also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’ “Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ “And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

(Matt. 25:44-46, NASB)

When I recalled these scriptures I finally realized exactly why I’ve been in a rage all afternoon. The judge (charged by the Bible with upholding the righteous and punished the wicked (Leviticus 19:15, Romans 13:3-4)) and the husband (changed by the Bible with protecting “the weaker vessel” (1 Peter 3:7) who is his wife and giving up his life for her (Eph. 5:25-29)) have both violated their most sacred trusts and have rushed to commit an act of pure evil. There are even those who are cheering them on while willfully ignoring all evidence that killing Terri is an act of evil.

If you have not done so yet, check out the action items on terrisfight.org and BlogsforTerri and take action. Remember, all that is required for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.

Update: Here is a timeline of events in the case.