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Well, as much as I cannot say that Eru is G'd, I shan't say that there actually IS a heaven or hell. Valinor is probably as close to heaven as it gets in Arda. A perfect land in which nothing ever decays and where the gods (Valar) live. I guess the notion of hell is shown both in evil on earth (Hell being translated to Angband) and the void. We should note that the void is not exactly a place of punishment, besides that whoever is in the void cannot go back to Arda and so all the power and everything the 'voidee' has done in Middle Earth is lost for him.
I guess it is more of a psychological punishment (you can't go back even though you want to) than a fiery hell.
That's my point of view, although I might be mistaken in the notion of hell as I must say I don't believe in it.
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