They took Christ out of the classroom, and now they're coming for your iPhone: the new version of iOS has erased the radiant glory of God from the prayer hands emoji.

Emojipedia, a completely perfect website that does exactly what its name suggest, caught the change in the a recent iPhone software update. What the hell is the point of this emoji now? We've already established that it's not a high five. So what's left? Palm to palm contact without a purpose, an empty jaundiced signifier.

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