demons see god as

Krsna is ultimately presents Himself to the atheist as mrtyu, as He appeared before Hiranyakasipu. Hiranyakasipu was declining. His son was asking his father, "My dear father, why you are disbelieving God?" And he was becoming angry: "No, I am God. Who is else God? I am God. You see? All the demigods, they are afraid of me. I am so powerful." But Prahlada will not agree. He will say, "No, no. You are not God. God is Narayana." This was the father and son. So he did not believe in God. He was thinking, "I am God." Therefore, as Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita, mrtyuḥ sarva-haras caham. Those who are atheists, do not believe in God, the God comes before them as death and takes away everything-all his power, all his opulence, all his money, all his..., everything taken away. Mrtyuḥ sarva...    (More...)

So the conditioned soul, they want to cheat God. They want to deny God. They want to cheat God. That is not possible. In spite of all your insurance and cheating policy, you must have to die. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita, mrtyuḥ aham, sarva-haram [Bg 10.34]. "You do not accept Me. That's all right. You are collecting things for your enjoyment. But I shall... When I shall come as death, not only you shall be killed, but I shall take away whatever you possess." So this is intelligence, that... They say, "There is no God," and God says, "Yes, you will see Me at the time of death." But you cannot avoid death. So before meeting death... Just like Hiranyakasipu. Prahlada Maharaja so many times requested, "My dear father, why you are becoming atheist? By His grace you have got so much power. Just submit to Him." "No. There is no God. I am God." So this is called demon. In spite of being punished in so many ways, they will deny the existence of God.    (More...)

Prabhupada: That's it. Very... Thank you. [laughter] That is intelligence. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita: mrtyuḥ sarva-haras caham [Bg 10.34]. Those who are not accepting God in lifetime, they will meet God, death. Death is another form of God. That they cannot deny. Just like Hiranyakasipu. He simply defied God, and Nrsimhadeva came, finished everything within a second.    (More...)