I went to a lecture once on Eastern philosophy. This very question came up. The lecturer stated that all things we can imagine come from the mind of God the Creator. Since all things in the physical world are made by God the Creator, Middle-Earth does exist some where in some time. In the afterlife we will be able to see and experience it because time has no meaning in the length of the cosmos.
Yes Virginia, there is a Middle-Earth and it is all very real!
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