Descartes’ “Evil Genius” playing a last-second prank, eh?
sort of- (Yes, i had to look it up lol)- Their ‘job’ though is to deceive and keep people from turning to God, and they use ANY means necessary- even ones that “appear to be Religious”- Reality does exist- but they do blur the lines- do cause people to believe that they have special powers and think that they ‘must be blessed by God’, and therefore not need to pursue Salvation through Jesus Christ-
Satan is the great deceiver- But we can take heart because
“Even though the demon is a big liar, Descartes thinks a good God exists and wouldn’t let us be fooled all the time.”
https://philosophyterms.com/descartes-evil-demon/