We are reckoned through our fathers, which is a custom that God started. This is why so many cultures place such value on the firstborn son. This is probably also why God designed the male chromosome (Y chromosome) to be dominant.
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There is no such thing as a dominant chromosome.
Or... not. The Y gene, as well as Y sperm, are a lot weaker and create far more miscarriage events than an XX zygote/embryo. For every 100 females theres approx 150 males concieved, but by the time of birth, it's about 100/106... so no, Y isn't dominant in the least, nor is it stronger. It's more susceptible to all kinds of genetic screwups.
Of course, it's not like in the days when the Bible was written, a child's familial blood was traced through the mother, since they didn't have DNA testing, and they weren't entirely sure how a woman got pregnant, and men have always thought women were unfaithful to their husbands... so obviously the mother was the only absolutely-known parent of any given child. And it's not like that mother connection is STILL used for certain traditions in Judaism today.
Actually, the Y chromosome is a bit of a disadvantage for males at times.
In humans, two X's make a girl; an X and a Y make a boy (in birds it's the other way around). Girls are less prone to genetic defects, because if one X is bad, they have a spare.
Except it turns out he didn't. Well, that just fucks up the whole basis of your argument, and since arguing is the whole basis of your existence, you now officially have no soul. When you die, nothing's going to happen. Karma.
Then he did a really shoddy job, your God. The Y chromosome is just a sliver of a chromosome. Having two X-es is much more stable and less illness-prone than the alternative.
Many cultures keep score on the female line, as this can be proven. Nowadays we can prove the male line too, but before the age of DNA and blood-typing, you never REALLY knew who the father of a child was.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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