>> could god have made it the case that
the morally obligatory thing to do
is to torture innocent babies for fun?

> Rather ask the question if God WOULD do such a thing...

One could ask your question instead, but that would be a different question and it would be a question that isn't as interesting with respect to contemplating the issue of whether God's power is limited.

The relevant question for determining whether God's power is limited is the question:

COULD God make it the case that torturing an innocent child solely for fun is a morally obligitory (or even permissable) thing to do?

This issue arises in some of the dialogues of Plato where Socrates asks:

'Is what is good loved by the Gods because it is good...
Or is what is loved by the Gods good because it is loved by the Gods'.

We can replace 'Gods' with 'God' if you prefer, but the issue still arises:

Are the Gods (is God) able to make something evil (ie torturing an innocent child solely for fun) good or is something evil (ie torturing an innocent child solely for fun) evil despite what God (or anyone else for that matter) thinks about it?

This bears on the relationship between God and morality / ethics (divine command ethics in particular where something is thought to be good because God says and evil because God says).

> God doesn't do evil evil by choice, not because He is limited...

But could he choose to do evil?

If he could choose to do evil (ie torture an innocent child solely for fun) then would evil be good?

Or would it be impossible for God to make an evil act (ie torturing an innocent child solely for fun) good?

If the latter, then should this be construed as a limit on Gods power?