SS 91, 95 - Appearances of Truth

SS 91

. . . the Word cannot be understood apart from doctrine,
and that doctrine serves as a lamp
in whose light genuine truths may be seen.
And the reason is that the Word was written
solely in terms of correspondences.
As a result, the Word contains many appearances of truth
that are not naked truths,
and much was accommodated to
the comprehension of natural people,
even of sensual people,
yet at the same time it was written in such a way
that simple people can understand it in simplicity,
and wise people wisely.

Now because that is the nature of the Word,
the appearances of truth,
which are truths clothed,
may be seized on as naked truths.
And when these are affirmed,
they become falsities.

SS 95 [2]

A person who thinks in simplicity and ignorance
that the sun travels around (the earth)
does not destroy the natural truth, namely,
that the earth rotates daily about its axis
and moves along its orbit annually.

On the other hand, someone who affirms as true
the apparent motion of the sun and its course
because of what it says in the Word,
and does so with arguments
originating from his natural self,
weakens the truth,
and also destroys it.