*Tell me if I'm right,the christian god is a male sky warrior god-and a question,if ""god" is a god of mercy and love,why does he believe in human sacrifice,and like any primitive patriarcy,his "son" died horribly ,and was tortured and killed greusomely?and as the whole Jesus thing,2 words-PROVE IT-and boy,are the believers WOMAN HATERS-and isn't a wedding ring really an OWNERSHIP BRAND,and of cource,she loses her name and takes HIS
She takes his name because they thought of marriage as the woman being subsumed back into the man. The creation story tells of a 'him' who is also a 'them':
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
When this hermaphrodite creature is split, the 'him' has a primacy. It's a pity the Bible is so laconic. I would love to know what they were thinking.
Snore. Sunday school has finished and I tire of these nonsense tales. I prefer Spike Milligan and Roald Dahl; perhaps ask a believer?