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You, sir, and folks like you, are THE exact reason I stopped going on web forums.
Actually, I'd wager that the reason you stopped going on web forums is that you kept getting banned from them, after joining, posting 3 posts and then insulting people with a holier than thou attitude.
Nice job!
Anyway, to the case at hand...
There's several ways to approach this
Filters
Photoshop blending
Don't shoot into the sun!
Filters
Don't buy cheap ones, also, I'd avoid the Lee resin filters if you can. I've moved over to another system recently after I got fed up with having to replace them every year or so, salt water and general use seems to scratch them quite easily and at £100 a pop there's only so many times I can justify replacing my 3 stop ND Grad (3 times so far!), added in, the circular polariser is a pain to get on and off (even with the quick attach kit), you will get flare and artifacts as there will always be something on the filter or lens to diffract the light.
Photoshop
Like already mentioned, stick your finger over the sun and blend the images in post
If I'm shooting the sun I tend to do both, I'll use filters and also stick my finger over the sun and blend in post to get rid of the artifacts,although these days i'm moving more down the luminosity blending route as you get far superior results if you don;t mind putting the time in post.
BUT
I don't tend to actually shoot into the sun these days! Try putting the sun to the side, the best most interesting light tends to be side light, when you start out you tend to shoot into the sun all the time (I did) until you realise this, you can still get the feeling of the sun by having it just out of frame, bleeding light in from a corner, there are times though when you want the sun in so go for the first two options, but buy and large, when shooting a sunrise/sunset, TURN AROUND and look to the side/behind you!
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