I don't think of God as "looking like" anything, Sweeney. ;-) And I don't see why anyone else would either, but I guess that's up to them, isn't it? Yeah, sure, Jehovah was made in the image of a bunch of old Hebrew patriarchs. That is bloody obvious. But Jehovah's not the only idea of "God" that is out there, and they don't all involve something being made in man's image...some of them involve observing the powers of Nature, for instance. Others involve still more subtle concepts than that.

As for male bloodline...doesn't it make more sense to trace bloodline through the females, since there is absolutely NO doubt about who the mother of the child is???

There have been some civilizations who have traced bloodline and family name through the females, and it seems like a wise and eminently practical system to me. It works. It allows for no mistakes. It is definitely the way to go! ;-) Who the heck cares who the father is anyway? Men are like bees pollinating flowers, many bees can pass by, but the flower is the source of the next generation.