Holy?

I was driving today and saw a sign for a church named the "Bible Holiness Church."  Now, this name brings up a lot of questions in my mind but the one that I want to focus on at the present is what makes something holy?  We have all sorts of things in the US that is considered holy.  "Holy Father," "Holy Bible," are just two examples.  I cannot stand this stuff.  You hear all the time the phrase, "His Holiness the Pope."  How good does one have to be to be considered holy?  If you are a Christian, you immediately know, per the "Holy Bible," that all are born tainted or sinful.  That alone should disqualify someone as being "holy."  I would also love to hear someone make the argument that the bible is holy.  One would think that there should be certain requirements for something to be considered holy.  I would think that the main character of the book being jealous, vengeful, and a homicidal maniac would immediately disqualify the person as well as the book as holy.  Ask any Christian about the atrocities in the bible, and they will say that that was the old testament and that Jesus changed all that.  That is when they have to be reminded that Jesus is the old testament god because he says so many times as well as him saying that he did not come to change the law.  To me, I don't see how any person or book could ever be considered holy, much less the bible or god.  What do you think?