Sunism

The religion of the sun, also known as sunism is a religion that revolves around the sunset, the sunrise and the sun as concepts of worship. It has few mandates, a somewhat descentralized hierarchy and considers the sun as an entity, as a concept and as the actual astronomical object. 
It preaches that all stories deserve to be heard and that it’s followers should see the moments of sunset and sunrise as sacred, needing to be prioritized for resting and contemplation, as they symbolize momments of passage and its when the sun is at it's strongest. 
After the contact of it's prophet xNinjacraft with Parwiz, the prophet of the Pākdeen religion, the religion became a sect of the last. 
===Values===
Besides a few immutable moral codes, it has a very flexible conduct for it's followers. It only requires that they have a chair pointed to the west or the east horizon, and for the followers to take a time of break of everything they're doing on every or most sunsets and sunrises, so they can take a deep breath and enjoy it at their fullest. It also has an flexible conduct with sharing resources, specially for the bare sustaining of those in need.
===Origin===
The origins of this religion are unknown, but it started to grow when it's main representative, xNinjacraft, claimed to dream of visions sended by their deity, the sun, wanting to spread their word. Visions of "sunny days, where everything and everyone had their time to shine at the sunrise, and appreciate the moments of passage, the begginings and the ends, for those gave the journey value. Days where people would reunite in peace to praise a deity, so big and so old as the land they stood on." Those same visions would burn the eyes of the said prophet into an orange color, as well as making him withstand the tests of time.
===Sacred Texts===
One book is known to at least talk about the religion, owned by xNinjacraft, although he claims not remembering writing it. A few of the religion’s mandates are on this book named “Book of The Sun”. They go as follows:
“(...) For the followers, they should preach:
* That the sun has seen it all, and knows, maybe not it all, but much more than anyone.
* That all have a story to tell, and all deserve a spot on the sunlight.
* That all things that begin will come to an end, although some will endure far more than others; for what matters is not the end nor the begging, but the middle.
* For the inbetweens, the passing moments, the metamorphisis, the transformations, the dualities, the loyalty, the equilibrium and for those who live in the middle.
* That to respect the journey, all should rest at the end, and take all the land embebed into the sun’s light as a safe space; to honour what was and what will be, rest and watch the sunrise.
* That all will end well, for time heals, and for all that was and what will be, all should enjoy the now, the present moment.
* For the certainty that the sun will appear again on the next day.”
The writer also spreads chests with baked potatos across the known world. When asked about it’s reason for it, they linked it to their religion. They said:
===Monuments and Temples===
The religion's buildings tend to be very simples, with it's temples being centred around it's monuments, a clear access to the sky, to the west, to the east and to the sunset/sunrise light.
The monuments consist basically of wooden benches, turned to the sunset or the sunrise, usually with an dark oak sign written "watch the sunset" or "watch the sunrise", usually highlighted in orange.
At the mangroves of the Caranthean Empire, on the very southern tip of the south of Norvinia, one can find a temple with monuments to the religion, a place to watch the sunrise and sunset.
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