What I think you all seem to be missing is that J.R.R. Tolkein was a devout Roman Catholic. He drew very direct allegories from his own religion to the world of LotR. So, in doing so, he has effectively adressed the questions in his own religion during his writings through a different point of view. The Christian religion doesn't specify exactly what happens to a soul after Death, but that God (eru) has provided someplace for the soul. This can be directly applied to LotR.
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