Is Communism in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?

Answer 1

No, in fact, the "LDS" church is a relatively conservative organization and was very anti-communist when communism was an issue.

Some confuse a religious practice of early mormonism with "communism". Early mormonism had a group that was assigned to practice what they called the "united order". That group shared all resources, had communal crops, were given according to their needs and generally proved that communism would never work. The Mormon practice of the unted order differed from communism: communism was anti-religion and used extreme tactics to keep their people in line. Mormonism used their religious beliefs to get people to commit to their social experiment.

**Actually, I think what the previous answer is referring to is early LDS members attempt at practicing the Law of Consecration. According to LDS doctrine, this is a higher law than tithing, in that all possessions and resources are shared in meaning to further church and church members benefit. Never heard of the above 'social experiment' but for a while all church members tried to practice it, but the law was retracted. Leaders said that God did not believe them ready. So yes, people failed in this religious and extremist-free version of communism. But it was never a small experiment.