Atbash Cipher and Baphomet

Baphomet was supposedly a pagan deity worshipped by the Knights Templar.  However, Dr. Schonfield an expert on the Atbash Cipher thought the name Baphomet had a hidden meaning.  He decided to decipher the name using the Atbash Cipher and found that when this was done the name became Sophia.  Which means either wisdom or a goddess.  Therefore, according to Schonfield's theory the Knights Templar were not worshipping a pagan deity but either Mary Magdalan (goddess) or had an extremely high respect for wisdom, meaning they were wrongly convicted for heresy.