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Wasn't the earth considered flat when hell became a concept? How could it have a center?

I don't know. The Greeks figured out the earth was spherical, but maybe everyone before them thought is was flat. Go ask the voices in the hole in Kola.

http://www.snopes.com/religion/wellhell.asp

Thank you for pointing out the obvious with a reference to Snopes.

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