I would probably just convert to their religion until I could get the fuck out of there and then not think anything more of it. Then I would then go home and get back to my normal life and not practice that stupid religion at all. Just because I converted and they think I have their religious label stamped on my forehead doesn't mean jackshit to me if deep down inside I think it's a bunch of bullshit.
As for the journalists, they did the right thing. If they had clung to their beliefs and laughed in the face of death, I'd doubt their captors would have a change of heart and let them go on account of their bravery and how they stuck to their own convictions. Their captors are one-minded extremist motherfuckers who want to convert everyone to their one true religion. I'm sick of people trying to force their religious beliefs on other people. Don't they have anything better to do?
This has nothing to do with the question...
Jam it back in, in the dark.