He was giving an honest picture of his life as an adolescent in high school and a near-adolescent in college. The centerpiece of the Jewish religion is the process of atonement for sins and forgiveness. See generally, on atonement, Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement - Judaism 101.
But forgiveness by the victim is a somewhat different issue. In a link on Interpersonal Relationships (link), the writer posits, I think correctly, that as a general matter a victim must forgive in order to receive absolution from his own sins:
Of all the rationalizations for putting Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court I've heard, the suggestion that it will help Mrs Blasey-Ford get to heaven is undoubtedly the most novel.
The point being that long-ago transgressions, even if they actually happened (which is in doubt here) should not be a factor if the person has no recent behavior of this kind.
I have some follow-up questions:
-if we're ranking transgressions in terms of severity, where does lying to senators under oath fall? Is that closer to the 12 cent ice cream bar end of the scale, or closer to the sexual assault end of the scale?
-does last month still count as long-ago?
-does 53 years old count as youthful?
-k
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