If we get recognized as a religion we can also get very favorable tax treatment in most places.

A lot of this will probably happen organically. The whole Bitcoin inception story is so incredible that it already has a religious air to it, and it's only been 15 years.

What we really need is a formal text which combines the history of Bitcoin and the ideas we want to preserve with real life lessons and virtues that can fill the role of religion. 

 I think someone tried to seriously do this: 

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Church_of_Bitcoin

Not sure what the status of it is 

 I live in this state - their church address is less than an hour from my house

Great lead, I'll do some investigation and see if any of them are still around