In swearing to the classic oath before a civil court, "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?" would it be disrespectful to answer instead of the classic "I do" or "Yes," to answer, "So help us God, I do," or "May God help us, I do"?
Does it then become not just an answer to an oath, but a prayer, at which we then should invoke it in Jesus' name?
Does it then become not just an answer to an oath, but a prayer, at which we then should invoke it in Jesus' name?