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Wild Chronicles -- This is one of my favorite National Geographic documentary series. The reason is pretty obvious too: learning about animals is cool. Well at least I think it's cool.

NatGeo's Wild Chronicles offers the viewers a different look at man's co-inhabitants on planet Earth. Viewers will get to learn more about the animals in a way that they rarely get to read in books. Besides, watching animals eat, run, sleep and do whatever they do best is better being watched than read, right?

National Geographic describes Wild Chronicles as a look...

"...at the human relationship with nature, highlighting breakthrough science that offers real hope for the future."

Isn't that intriguing? You get to learn about the animals and at the same time, you get to learn how to protect them. It's a universal fact that we need animals, so before anyone launches an all-out protest against conglomerates and other people who harm animals, better learn what you're protecting first. That pretty much makes sense, right?

It's really amazing how much we've all seen these animals in zoos and books and other media, but Wild Chronicles sheds a whole new light on them, giving the viewers information about different species that I don't think we'll ever know in our lifetimes (if you're not some nature buff or anything).

The Lost Gospel: Would you believe it?

The Lost Gospel of Judas -- If someone presents to you a document that would most likely disprove your beliefs, would you accept it?

National Geographic's The Lost Gospel of Judas created waves of both excitement and anxiety when it was shown as a prime time feature. This documentary is about, well, Judas' gospel, which was found in a Coptic codex back in the 1970s.

It is common knowledge that the four disciples all called Judas a traitor to Jesus, having betrayed the latter to the Romans in exchange for money. The gospel of Judas refutes the four New Testament gospels that are compiled in today's Bibles since it is written there that Judas was only obeying Jesus' orders.

Apparently, Judas is Jesus' closest friend because Judas understands Jesus' reason for being on Earth. This being the reason, Jesus asked Judas to "free" him from the chains of a mortal body, an act that Christians know as the "betrayal of Jesus by Judas Escariot".

If you're a Christian, would you believe this? I think that the Lost Gospel of Judas shouldn't be dismissed because it gives modern-day Christians - laymen, clergymen and scholars alike - different views regarding early Christian beliefs and understanding. When I watched this documentary, I was provided an insight that is generally and totally different from what I've read in the Bible, but it didn't upset me or caused me to disbelieve the other gospels completely. Watching the special, The Lost Gospel of Judas, only made me want to look for a clearer and an open-minded understanding of my faith in order to fully grasp its meaning in my life.

Mysteries of the Ancient World: Devane, McGavin, Weaver

Mysteries of the Ancient World is a documentary about the mysteries of the world. A very long video for those who aren't interested in this area, but it would be a very fun watch for those who are. Imagine, 6 hours of non-stop Mysteries of the Ancient World!

<-- This isn't Devane, McGavin nor Weaver in case you're wondering. That's Nostradamus, the famous guy from so long ago who looked at a black mirror and supposedly saw the future. Nostradamus is one of the "topics" in the Mysteries of the World documentary. (How Nostradamus saw the future in that black mirror is a mystery to me.)

Mysteries of the World also talks about other mysteries like the pyramids in Egypt - how they were made, their purpose... The famous Shroud of Turin also has a segment here as well as Noah's Ark, the greatest miracles and history's greatest secrets.

I've always wondered about these things and the books on them are either insufficient or they're worth all the gold in the world. I like history a lot so this is a good opportunity to get researched, learned and scholarly theories about things in our past that cannot be explained or identified. Mysteries of the World is definitely a good watch for people who always think about the what, when, who, why and how of the things that have existed way before any of us could remember.