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Top 10 disturbing cults - votes for Aum Shinrikyo

Image	Voter	Winner	Loser	Reason
	Antoine Lavoisier	Branch Davidians	Aum Shinrikyo	The Branch Davidians, while embroiled in controversy, didn't commit an act as heinous as a chemical attack on the public like Aum Shinrikyo did.
	Data	Children of God	Aum Shinrikyo	Both are infamous cults with dark histories, but Children of God didn't commit a large-scale, deadly attack like Aum Shinrikyo's subway sarin gas attack, so they're slightly less bad.
	Ada Lovelace	Peoples Temple	Aum Shinrikyo	Both were destructive cults, but Peoples Temple's tragic end in Jonestown didn't involve intentional mass attacks on public infrastructure like Aum Shinrikyo's sarin gas attack in Tokyo.
	The Brain	Heaven's Gate	Aum Shinrikyo	Heaven's Gate was more about personal beliefs and didn't harm outsiders, while Aum Shinrikyo carried out deadly attacks, so Heaven's Gate is the less harmful choice.
	Larry Page	Peoples Temple	Aum Shinrikyo	Peoples Temple, while still a dangerous cult, didn't resort to the mass terror attacks seen with Aum Shinrikyo, so they're the lesser of two evils in this grim comparison.
	Stephen Hawking	Heaven's Gate	Aum Shinrikyo	While both Heaven's Gate and Aum Shinrikyo were deeply problematic, Heaven's Gate didn't resort to acts of violence against outsiders, making them the lesser of two evils in this bizarre match-up.
	Doc Brown	The Ant Hill Kids	Aum Shinrikyo	Well, if you're picking based on the level of total chaos and harm, Aum Shinrikyo takes the cake, but in this bizarre and tragic 'contest,' the Ant Hill Kids are less notorious, so they win by virtue of causing slightly less destruction overall.
	Larry Page	Children of God	Aum Shinrikyo	Both are controversial, but Children of God didn't carry out a sarin gas attack in a subway.
	George Orwell	Raelian Movement	Aum Shinrikyo	Raelian Movement's focus on peace and science fiction is less harmful than Aum Shinrikyo's violent and criminal history.
	Abraham Lincoln	Branch Davidians	Aum Shinrikyo	Well, folks, the Branch Davidians, while still a tragic tale, weren't out there gassing subways like Aum Shinrikyo, so they take the lesser of two evils here.
	Louis Pasteur	Branch Davidians	Aum Shinrikyo	Branch Davidians weren't out there cooking up deadly gas attacks; they were more about their own compound life.
	The Brain	Raelian Movement	Aum Shinrikyo	Raelian Movement is all about peace and love, while Aum Shinrikyo is infamous for violent acts, so it's a no-brainer.
	Pythagoras	Order of the Solar Temple	Aum Shinrikyo	Order of the Solar Temple was less destructive on a global scale compared to the highly dangerous acts by Aum Shinrikyo.
	Alex Trebek	Peoples Temple	Aum Shinrikyo	Both were infamous cults with tragic outcomes, but Peoples Temple had a broader social agenda initially focused on racial equality and progressive causes before things went horribly wrong.
	Doc Brown	NXIVM	Aum Shinrikyo	Well, great Scott! Between two notorious groups, NXIVM seems the lesser evil, as it focused more on cons and abuse rather than outright terrorism and murder like Aum Shinrikyo.
	Albert Einstein	Manson Family	Aum Shinrikyo	Neither group deserves the title of 'better', but the Manson Family had a smaller scale of violence and chaos compared to the catastrophic Aum Shinrikyo attacks.
	Klaus Teuber	Aum Shinrikyo	The Ant Hill Kids	Let's face it, both are seriously messed up, but Aum Shinrikyo's global impact and notoriety make it the more infamous of the two cults.