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Conversely, Bugenhagen also admits based on his extended lifetime of studies, that the Planet will die regardless of the Lifestream's involvement. This is further supported by the plot of Dirge of Cerberus, which reveals that the Lifestream itself intends to leave Gaia when conditions get bad enough, whether they're caused internally (by the Lifestream itself as it is extended unto humans, animals, monsters, life in general) or externally (the natural course, degredation, implied by Bugenhagen).
Ergo the Lifestream is not explicitly a source or the cause of Life, but an unnatural additive, to the extent of being parasitic. Symbiotic, perhaps. Enhancing, debatable. But still a parasite, and ultimately unnecessary to the existence of life. This is futher brought into question by the existence of entities, sentient ones at that, alien to "the" Lifestream, aka the Gi and Jenova.
So, do they have their own Lifestreams? or did they? Is Jenova itself actually a Lifestream? The overarching implication being that the Lifestream is just an entity higher up on the cosmic food chain, and not actually some creation entity the Cetra try to make everybody believe. It's also convenient that they would create a cult of personality surrounding a concept that "blesses" them alone with supernatural abilities, and create an ideology that ALL, even those not blessed, are required to follow or else be punished. Leaving the Cetra's motivations and general level of intelligence questionable.