As a bit of a counterpoint to the Fischer tweets. This is a FB post by a pastor I know:

Since Friday’s horror, I’ve seen a variety of people say things along the line of “if you let God into the schools, these things wouldn’t happen. Please, no. This approach is wrong on so many levels. Take some time to google 1) The Tri-State Tornado, 2) Our Lady of the Angels Fire, 3) New London School Explosion, 4) Collinwood School Fire, 5) Bath School Disaster (FB wouldn’t like that many links in a post).

Those are a variety of disasters (tornado, explosion, fire). Some of them are natural disasters, others were created by humans (be it negligence or malice). Notice that all of those were before “God was removed from the schools.”

What’s worse though, is the message that you’re giving off when you say things like this. What kind of message are you giving about God? Why tragedies happen is not an easy question, and throwing out a quick, facile “answer” like this does nothing more than turn people away from what you have to say.

Yes, as Jesus reminds us with the story of the Tower of Siloam, we should use these things as a reminder of the importance of repentance. However, that is a time for us to look at ourselves and our own mortality, not to put on our self-assured, self-righteous hats and point at everyone else.