If you bend your wings far enough the right wing will reach the left wing. “We don’t Pasken that way”, “A Gadol can make a mistake”, “Technically it’s not Avoda Zara”, “I don’t like that Shita”…
By the way, if you want to undersatnd the Ran a little better, notice the line right before Hameshuga. He is referring to Christian saints. He equates the two concepts. Both aren’t believed to be a dieties, but there is a practices reverence that is god-like.
Pasken or not, the Ran is the Ran. If you ever learned Nedarim you have an insight into the depth of the Ran’s learning. To just dismiss his words, calling it Shver, is unthinkable.