I know what you're thinking... "Voldemort, duh!" But really... think about it. There are multiple characters who enjoy torturing children. So, what do you think?

Bella was more of insane and psychotic than she was truly evil, I think.. and yeah, Tommy was pretty bad, but there is no one more evil than Umbridge.

I always thought it was Voldy. I mean yes Bella does like torturing but she has some sort of untreated mental illness...that's not an excuse (or course not) but it implies that her decision making skills are impaired. Voldy's are not, he knows what he's doing is wrong and he can help it. Bella has less control.
Also Bella has done a lot of what she did to get love. Whereas Voldy can't love at all. At least it is shown (through Cissy and Voldy) that Bella has a heart, it's just in the very wrong place.
Bella was also the victim of poor upbringing, raised to hate those she considered beneath her and non-purebloods.

As for Umbridge, she isn't really evil so much as a nasty person. She hasn't killed anyone, but she's still cruel. Petunia and Vernon were abusive to Harry but they weren't 'evil'. They were just awful people. As was Umbridge.

I totally get what you guys are saying, but I have to respectfully disagree with you. I think that since Voldemort was somehow weirdly incapable of most emotions, love most of all, that would imply that HIS decision making skills are impaired. As for Umbridge... well, she's not a Death Eater, but as we all know, the world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters. She was all ready to illegally perform the Cruciatus Curse on innocent children, so I'd say that's pretty evil. And Bellatrix is just MERCILESS, killing and torturing people the way she does, and she might have been capable of love on some level, because she got married, although that might have been for power or whatever... wow. This subject is really very debatable. However, zanhar1, you're totally right about Bella being raised that way. I'll have to think about that one. Anyway, thanks for voting!!!!!!!

That's true, but he was the one who chose to sell his soul in making the horcurxes knowing exactly what would happen. When he was capable of love and was capable of rational decision making, he chose to do something he knew would split his soul and render him incapable of love. This also means he chose to kill people before he lost the ability. If that makes any sense.

To be honest I was going back and fourth between Umbridge and Voldemort. She was pretty bad as well. As you said she tortured children for disobeying her. However she didn't try to kill and torture children as Voldemort did. Basically she's the lesser of two evils.

With Bella like I said (it's still very very wrong) but her enjoyment of torturing people is spawned from an untreated disorder. The woman needed some meds (and they were more than capable of giving those to her) and a trip to some mental health institution. Instead they threw her in a prison that only made it worse. Yes she should have gone to prison, but they could have put her in a humane one that served to punish and also rehabilitate her. Basically what I'm saying is, that with some treatment it can be argued that Bellatrix could have been saved so to speak. But that's getting a little off topic. To lead it back on topic; Bellatrix was capable (to some degree) of redemption, Voldemort was not. Bellatrix has a moral compass it's just severely messed up by upbringing and negative encouragement from guess who? Voldemort. Whereas Voldemort himself only wants to serve himself. His aim was to live for ever and that's all he cared about and so all of his motives were for that. At least Bellatrix just wanted love and affection. That in mind, Bellatrix treated those like Cissy, Draco, and others she cared for very well actually. She also seemed to have a high degree of respect to anyone who displayed loyalty...people who were on her side. Voldemort did not; Bella was his most faithful and he treated her like (pardon my French) shit. He treated her almost as bad as the people he didn't like, and everything she did was to please him, she never acted out of line and he still abused and used her. To put it simply Bella has shown that she is able to care, love, and appreciate people (traits exhibited by heroes). Voldemort doesn't display a hint of this. TBH Bellatrix is like a kicked puppy, a confused, scary, kicked, pitbull puppy. Trained by Voldemort and others to be mean and attack. She doesn't really know it any other way.
She's also screwed where genetic are concerned as Sirius and others in her family have displayed anger issues and sadistic traits.

Long story short Bella displays some positive traits where Voldy does not. Bellatrix is more rationally impaired than Voldemort. Along the same lines, Voldy's current skewed moral compass was fueled by a poor decision he made, fully aware of the consequences--Bella was born and raised with faulty genes. And Voldemort has more selfish motives than Bella.

No problem, I always enjoy a good debate. Especially one like this one where everyone is respectful and open to other opinions. :P Plus I love Bellatrix very much and I've kind of been dying to talk about her again lol.

They all are evil in their ways. Bellatrix is totally sadistic and mental, Umbridge is sadistic but not totally mental. Voldemort can't feel love and just don't care about the rest of the world. I thinks that he is the most evil becaue he is least human.

That's another good point; he is the least human of the three. Cold embody at this point is barely a man, he's something of monster, on the other hand Bellatrix and Umbridge are still very human.

Voldemort has started it. The others were followers (what doesn't mean that they were less evil). Still I think he is on top of them.
I hope this is understandable :-)

zanhar1, may I just say... wow. You put a lot of thought into your response. Consider me deeply impressed.

You're totally right.

Always enjoy a good debate. You win. :)

Thank you. ^_^

Dude. This toad is plain evil. She's a vile person. I hate Umbridge the same way I hate Juliette.

^ Lol. This toad. :'D