Most people don't seem to know what the word "cult" really means.
According to Webster's Collegiate Dictionary:
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cult
1: formal religious veneration: WORSHIP
2: a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also: its body of adherents
3: a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also: its body of adherents
4: a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator
5 a: great devotion to a person, idea, or thing; esp: such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b: a usu. small circle of persons united by devotion or allegiance to an artistic or intellectual movement or figure
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So basically if you belong to any religion, movement, or fan base, you are in a cult. Cult is not a dirty word, it's just been given bad connotations.