The holy faith of reformed samaritanism

The Creator is a fair Judge; One who judges each man according to his particular circumstances 
When it comes to the Almighty [blessed be He], “Right” & “Wrong” are relative terms, as the Creator's 
judgment is "results oriented". In other words, what matters to Him isn't the accuracy of our theology, but 
rather the goodness [or evil] we do with whatever truth we happen to have in our hands. 
Consider the case of the Holy Ark- The Philistines took it [in war] and impudently placed it inside the temple
of their pagan god (“When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and 
set it by Dagon”- 1 Samuel 5:2). Then they moved it around unto another citi (1 Samuel 5:10). Finally, they 
put it upon an ox driven cart, and sent it back to Israel (“And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and 
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tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart, and 
the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods”- 1 Samuel 6:10-11, KJV). During this 
whole process, the Philistines touched the Ark, they pushed it around, and even opened it. 
Yet, though they touched the Ark [and looked inside of it], we don't see God killing [right away] any 
Philistine, as they had no knowledge concerning how to handle God's holy things. On the other hand, 
Scripture tells us that, as soon as the Ark returned to Israel, the Hebrew dwellers of Bethshemesh looked 
inside of it, and they were immediately stricken by God. As is written: “And He [God] smote the men of 
Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty thousand 
and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten many of the people with 
a great slaughter”- 1 Samuel 16:19, KJV. 
Not only that, but Scripture records another case where a Hebrew man named Uzzah dared to touch the Ark, 
and was immediately struck down by God: “And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put 
forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. And the anger of the Lord was 
kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God”- 2 
Samuel 6:6-7, KJV. 
In short, the Holy One is lenient with the Gentile, who doesn't know exactly what God expects from Him; but
He is stern with the Hebrew believer, who has extensive knowledge of Torah. And this also agrees with the 
Christian Gospel, when it goes on to say: “And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not 
himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did 
commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of 
him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more”- Luke 
12:47-48, KJV