text: Yes, the Koran, the Torah and the Holy Bible are ancient writings. They're thousands of years old. Speaking as an atheist who was raised as a Christian, those documents contain some good ideas and some that are not so good. Which if I'm not mistaken is the story of humanity as a whole. 
  
  Some things are good about us, and some things are not. And say what you like about religion, it does strive to point out our failings as a species. If secularism would take up that purpose, there would be little left to discuss.