"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

They are mere pawns & foot soldiers of evil who trade their souls for temporary power & wealth here & that is a foolish choice. They could be pitied rather than worshipped
'One cannot serve two Masters'

The Ring in Lord of the Rings is not a person or living thing because it symbolizes how evil permeates through dimensions & is more than merely physical. The Ring corrupts even pure beings like Frodo or Bilbo over time, bending all to its will