User blog comment:CaveJohnson333/Hey look ask Jack anything! AMA/@comment-25658135-20141219013023/@comment-25658135-20141219013650

You chose to: Turn away from your religion.

You were threatened with death to turn away from religion. You meekly accepted this and they would keep an eye on you, and you are now forced to work for them. Meanwhile, news reach your town/country/city and you are now a hated member of society.

Should you have died, you would have not been hated, rather, you would have been a martyr; a loved member of society. The anti-religion group was crushed 2 years later, and you were given a high society rank by your member of royalty/parliament.