Sir, have these children never heard of Jesus?

— Sgt. Neil Howie (Edward Woodward)

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4 seconds sound clip from the The Wicker Man (1973) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:42:15 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- What religion can they possibly be learning, jumping over bonfires?

- Parthenogenesis.

- What?

- 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.

- 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.

- After all, what girl would not prefer the child of a god to that of some acne-scarred artisan?

[...]

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