Good question. According to webster, it has to be 'relatively small' to be a cult. From the article, it seems that the cults have a higher relative level of exp

Good question. According to webster, it has to be 'relatively small' to be a cult. From the article, it seems that the cults have a higher relative level of exploitation. My guess is that there is a continuum that runs between the two. Edit: My guess substantiated by wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult