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Angels and Demons represent dual aspects of humanity. Generosity and greed, empathy and apathy, altruism and egotism.

One aspect of Christianity is that Earth was meant to be a paradise for Humans and it's because of rebellion that it turned out differently. If you make Demons another group of helpers that were misinterpreted then you remove that rebellion. Human failing isn't a result of spiritual tempters but because creation itself is flawed and life was always meant to be arduous. You would have Angels as protectors and Demons as guides in avoiding an unfortunate fate. If both sides are working together to the same goal it makes explaining why bad thing happen to good people significantly more difficult.

Now if you want to say the roles are reversed then the side of Heaven is uncaring and the side of Hell has concern for Humans. If this is true then Demons would not have been sent to Hell for the reason described. The side of Heaven would have not cared about the fate of humans to worry about influencing them. This brings back the notion of rebellion. That there was a group which was concerned about the flaws in creation and were punished for questioning the motives of their maker. Perhaps they were also concerned about life on Earth to an extent, perhaps their concerns started in self interest and they learned empathy through suffering. Either way an uncaring Heaven wouldn't be as bad a Hell but neither outcome is in the interest of Humans.
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