Now, those children out there, they're jumping through the flames in the hope that the god of fire will make them fruitful. Really, you can hardly blame them.
12 seconds sound clip from the The Wicker Man (1973) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:42:38 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Literally, as Miss Rose would doubtless say in her assiduous way, reproduction without sexual union.
- Oh, what is all this? I mean, you've got fake biology, fake religion.
- Sir, have these children never heard of Jesus?
- Himself the son of a virgin, impregnated, I believe, by a ghost.
- Do sit down, Sergeant. Shocks are so much better absorbed with the knees bent. Please.
- After all, what girl would not prefer the child of a god to that of some acne-scarred artisan?
- And you encourage them in this?
- He's dead. He can't complain. He had his chance, and in the modern parlance, he blew it.
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