I believe we are an object lesson to history and the universe to show what happens when a world rebels. When this is all over, any future possible creation that gets tempted to go his own way can be shown our history in order to learn what can happen when you reject God and go your way.
Were it not for the God of the Bible, humans would be utterly hopeless.
On a positive note, the atheists who want to lift humans to a god-like plateau aren't doing very well lately either.