Is the martial art Aikido infact a cult?

I have given up Aikido recently over concerns that that it is a cult masquerading as a martial art. I was initially drawn to certain 'peaceful' principles within the art and felt, stylistically at least, it looked fluid and smooth. The idea of combing the warrior archetype with the 'enlightened man' archetype seemed curious. It occured to me after putting Aikido+cult into search engines that Aikido is not all it seems to be. Stories of the founders eccentric behavior, his involvment in cults which sought to control both Japan and China seem totally contradictory to the pive, peaceful words he extolled . I heard from a friend that both Chinese and Japanese are very wise to this pheneomenon having experienced various crisis' with enery/cult con men over the ages. I think most of us can think of several high profile Asian sects. So I started to join the dots both with how people in my Aikido group seemed to act in a kind of unquestioning, worshipful way. It started to concern me that many of the 'energy' practices and meditations were having a negative effect on many of the members, many of whom seemed to exhibit strangely aggressive cult like tendancies. I am not saying there is anything wrong with these things in themselves, just that I believe such things can be used for good or bad ends (as sects have often done). Above this I felt that those who wanted to become the 'warrior' as it were, should look elsewhere. Which is why I have looked into grappling arts with great sucess and satisfaction. Anyhow what do you think about this 'martial art'?