In this view of the motives of Satan in refusing the homage or worship of humanity, an appeal is made solely to form and material origins. Hasidic, Islamic, or Christian texts lay stress on diffierent conditions and criteria, whether this is hiraeth, origins, descent, lineage, or nascence, depending on the specific tracts.
In Hasidic and Christian apocrypha, Satan asserts as his conditions of birth in fire, fire of fire, spirit, or fire and spirit, and contrasts it with Adam in clay, mud, or dirt. In one apocrypha, it is temporal descent. In the Islamic account, Satan is of a lineage risen from fire and Adam is of a lineage risen from dirt and spittle.
On this view, Satan is the original linealist, nativist, segregationist, or primevalist.
In contrast to other views of motive, this mainstream view focuses solely on form and material origins, without a further layer of justification.
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Excerpt from "Iblis, Abraham, and Teleological Suspension" by Hud Hudson.
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This is the mainstream view in Islam and the apparent view in Christian and Haisidic textual apocrypha, so most literature incorporates it implicitly.
