Reading skills? - The purpose of creation is clearly stated to be man, not the earth. The earth is simply the point of incubation, and scheduled for destruction, along with the rest of the material universe in the comparatively near future. Hubris? Makes no sense whatsoever. If you want to know what God's word says, you have to read it.
Comparatively near future
? For a young earth creationist, that must be threatening :-) A couple of billion years for the rest of us, I think...