What this tells us is that we are less interested in truth than consequences. What we crave, above all, is control over the chaos of our lives. From their report, Jesus reads between the lines and hears them asking if these Galileans suffered this awful attacked because they were worse sinners than anyone else from Galilee. How easy would it have been, even in this pre-scientific time, to go with cause and effect. Of course, people, we know that this particular group of people were completely at odds with God, and we know God was just biding his time, waiting for the right moment to pounce, to let everyone know, not to mess with God.
Bad things happen to bad people.
They were punished in a very public way in a public place as a warning to you all. It is an easy way to understand things and a neat method of tying up all the loose ends, but Jesus isn't about to gift wrap human misery and try to turn it into anything other than it is-the hard stuff of the living of these days. No, says Jesus, there is no connection between suffering and sin. But unless you repent, you're going to come to an end just like theirs. Is Jesus just messing with their minds.